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As British reports were usually transmitted in a single copy, adequate 

 distribution in the United States required duplication on a large scale; 

 and the requirement of speed made photostating the preferred method of 

 duplication. The total number of pages duplicated through December 31, 

 1945, reached approximately 1,835,000. 



The lend-lease transactions were handled by Mrs. Dorothy D. Culpin 

 until June 1944. Transportation was in charge of Mrs. Ruth F. Merker 

 from August 1943 until June 1945. In June 1944, the two sections were 

 combined under Mrs. Merker. The section was discontinued on July i, 1945. 



Group A, whose work has been described in the preceding chapter, 

 should be mentioned here to round out the description of the administra- 

 tive organization of the Liaison Office. It functioned under the direct super- 

 vision of Cooper until September 1943, when William Shurclifl was placed 

 in charge. He was succeeded in November 1944 by David Z. Beckler. 



The several Technical Aides in the Liaison Office were grouped into a 

 Staff Section, operating under the Assistant Liaison Officer. 



In addition to circulating British reports within OSRD, the Liaison Office 

 was called upon to make available to the Services any British reports which 

 they had not received through their own channels. This distribution was 

 facilitated by the publication at varying intervals, usually semimonthly, of 

 an accessions list known as the Services Index, between June 1941 and 

 August 1945. The circulation of the Services Index increased the demand 

 from the Services for copies of the reports which were listed. Requests for 

 21,000 reports were received and processed between March 1942 and 

 December 1945. 



OSRD reports for use outside the country were sent to three distributees, 

 the OSRD London Mission, the British Central Scientific Office (later the 

 British Commonwealth Scientific Office serving also Australia, New Zealand, 

 and South Africa), and the National Research Council of Canada. Com- 

 plete records were kept of all reports received and distributed. The types of 

 reports which were distributed varied from monthly summary reports to 

 progress reports on specific subjects. Almost every formal OSRD report was 

 distributed to the British and Canadians. Other parts of the British Com- 

 monwealth, namely, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, which had 

 been admitted to the exchange arrangements received copies of the OSRD 

 reports directly related to their research activities. 



The reports sent to the London Mission were distributed to the interested 

 Ministries in England. The staff members of the London Mission worked 

 out standard distribution schedules; and each report, upon its receipt in 

 London, was placed on the proper schedule and distributed accordingly 

 unless the staff member concerned made special arrangements. Usually a 

 copy of each report was retained in the London Mission for reference pur- 

 poses. As the size of the American armed forces in England increased. 



