Commanding Officer shall appropriately 
endorse the Technician’s Letter of Creden¬ 
tials in the same manner as in the case of 
orders of officers of the Navy. 
Termination op Assignment 
10. (a) Upon termination of the assign¬ 
ment, the Letter of Credentials with the 
endorsements shall be forwarded via the 
sponsoring Bureau or Office to the Chief 
of Naval Operations for file. The Cer¬ 
tificate of Identification shall likewise be 
returned to the Chief of Naval Operations 
unless the sponsoring Bureau or Office 
shall arrange otherwise. 
(b) Upon termination of his assignment 
a Technician shall cease wearing the uni¬ 
form of a Technician. 
Reports 
11. Reports of a Technician to the or¬ 
ganization which he represents shall be 
transmitted unsealed as confidential matter 
through the Commanding Officer, who will 
forward them in official envelopes by 
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registered official mail to the sponsoring 
Bureau or Office. Such reports shall be 
censored initially by the sponsoring Bu¬ 
reau or Office prior to forwarding to the 
contractor addressee. Personal corre¬ 
spondence of a Technician will be subject 
to the general censorship rules prevailing. 
Restriction on Movements 
12. A Technician will not leave the thea¬ 
tre of operations to which he is assigned 
without the written permission of the Com¬ 
manding Officer, which should be indicated 
by endorsement on his Letter of Creden¬ 
tials. When serving outside the Conti¬ 
nental limits of the United States, he will 
remain subject to naval authority until his 
return to the United States if the return 
journey is made by government convey¬ 
ance. 
Employees’ Benefits Applicable to 
Technicians 
13. Under Public Law 784—77th Con¬ 
gress, approved December 2,1942, and reg- 
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