OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

July 29, 1953

ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION NO. 19

SUBJECT:  Letterhead Stationary 

  

   

The following letterhead stationery is authorized for
official use by personnel in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense: 

   

           The Secretary of Defense 

           The Deputy Secretary of Defense 

           Assistant Secretary of Defense 

               (with appropriate designator, such as
"Comptroller," 

               "Manpower and Personnel," "Supply and
Logistics," etc., 

               appearing below the Department of Defense
seal) 

           Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense


               (with appropriate designators as used
on stationery above) 

           General Counsel 

           Office of the General Counsel 

           Office of the Secretary of Defense 

           The Chairman, Joist Chiefs of Staff 

           Joint Chiefs of Staff 

           Office of Public Information 

   

Envelopes with the printed designation "Office of the
Secretary of Defense" will be used in all cases except
for correspondence prepared for the signature of the
Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, in which case envelopes will be provided
with those designations. 

   

As the new Assistant Secretaries take office and supplies
of the approved stationery become available, the provisions
of this Instruction will supersede those provisions
of Administrative Memorandum 29 June 1953 pertaining
to use of Office of the Secretary of Defense letterhead.


   

Present letterhead stationery and envelopes now being
used in various areas of the Office of the Secretary
of Defense will continue to be used until supplies are
exhausted or as long as such use is consistent with
the organizational status of the activity concerned.
  Unused stationery rendered obsolete by these instructions
will be returned to the supply room. 

   

Nothing contacted herein shall change the instructions
in the Secretary of Defense memorandum of 5 April 1951
with respect to preparation of correspondence for the
signature of the Secretary or Deputy Secretary. 

   

Agencies, such as the Military Liaison Committee to
the Atomic Energy Commission, the United States Court
of Military Appeals and the Standing Group, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, attached to the Office of the Secretary
of Defense for administrative support are not affected
by these instructions.