persons the stringent security responsibilities falling upon each
Task Force member.

Toward the accomplishment of this end, a highly

successful program was devised.

Each member of the Task Force was

required to take an open-book, written examination which was based

on JTF SEVEN Security Memorandum Number 2 entitled Basic Security
Responsibility.

The memorandum dealt, in detail, with the general

principles of security and each individual was required to achieve
a perfect score on his examination, even if this meant taking the
test more than one time.
In addition to this test, all Task Force personnel whose regular duties would require them to handle classified material were
required to take a second examination in the same manner as the
one just described.

This test was based on JTF SEVEN Security

Memorandum Number 3 entitled Safeguarding Classified Information.

This memorandum dealt specifically with the established procedures

for the safeguarding of classified material.
In addition to these examinations, the security program included the dissemination, through task group commanders, of the
official AEC-DOD releases with directives to periodically caution
all personnel that only such officially released information could
be mentioned in their correspondence.
An effective poster program was also instituted to remind individuals of their security responsibilities.

The fifty-six dif-

ferent kinds of colored posters emphasized the various general security principles included in the security memoranda.

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