temporary duty uith Task Group 7.L, while Navy personnel continued to
reoeive their mail through the Navy Fleet Post Offioe channels.
19. To alleviate the requirements of the Deparbnent of State that
civilian empl~ees of the armed sefices and contract employeeswho
desired to reenter the count~ must have passports, it was agreed that
identificationcards issued either W

the Department of the Army or Navy

would suffice. To expedite issuance, the Department of the Amy
fication Card was issued to Amy

Identi-

and Air Force employees and ~~avyIdentifi-

cation Cards to civilians employed by the Nsvy. To expedite issuance of
identificationcards to the Atomic Energy Commission Employees, these
cards were procured from The Adjutant Generalt Office, Department of the
m,

b

Sufficient number and issued direct~ th these employees through

this office.
20. At the outset, the classified nature of the operation and the
fact that the recommendationsof the Joint Proof Task Committee as to the
fomation of a Joint Task Force were still pending approval of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, it was necessaw to use the heading on all letters and
documents, IiOfficeof Lieutenant GeneGeneral Staff, Roa

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Hull, P&

O Division, U.S. A-

the Pentagon, Washington 2s, D.C..W This was

subsequentlychanged to ‘HeadquartersJoint Task Foroen and then to
HeadquartersJoint Task Force Seven’’’whichcreated scme conihsion and delay
in the receipt of mail.
21. Headquarters Joint Task Force Seven (Forward) was established
at Fort Shafter, Ohhu, T.H. late in October. Lst Lieutenant Lsnnis W.
Temple, AGD, on duty with Headquarters,USARPAC, was designated as the
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