a Iv SECURE TY BADGES =—=— le The sceurity badges ayeten for eontrolling the entry of . personnel to sensitive areas at Eniwetok and Bikini went into ef- feet on 23 Jannary 195%. ‘The areas of particular interest to Tack Group 7.3 where badges were required for admission were Parry Is- land at Enivetok Atoll and Uninaan Iceland (anf the axeller isisais joined to it by a causeway ani forming the airstrip) at Bikial Atoll, 2. Ideally, no one was te de peruitted entry to either of these islands without a Saige. Aetually, since the tusk Creup 7.5 security office where the dadgen vere mate and Lesied was located on Parry Usland, Task Gecup security officers vere authorised te fescue temporary permite te personae) without badges permitting thes to land on the island and proceed unter escort to the badge office, There « temporary badge, good for a maxinun of five days, vas issacd te an eligible individual pending completion of his permanent CASTLE badge. To de eligible for a badge an individual had to bold a vwalid ARC "queen" Clearance, or have been granted an interim military clearance fer access to Top Secret material, penting processing of his "Queen" clearance application, Military Police personnel of Task Group 7.2 enforesé the badge ayatem, controlling the moverents of pertonneal to and from sensitive areas, ANWL/HO