II 117 After much consideration of the augmentation question, Task Group 7.4 determined that it could provide 12 Air Police for Air Base police functions and could furnish to Task Group 7.2 50 mess attendants and 2 mess supervisors. A decision by Joint Task Force SEVEN declared that Task Group 7.4 would have no responsibility in providing motor vehicle maintenance personnel, bakers, or cooks. In February 1958, a determination was made that many problems could be eliminated by the hiring of personne] through Holmes and Narver to perform mess attendant duties, These personnel at the beginning of the operational phase of HARDTACK were being recruited in the Territory of, Hawaii. The complete acceptance of mess attendant duties, thus, was de- layed because of the need for clearance of the recruited personnel ac- cording to existing security specifications. E. SECURITY Indoctrination and security testing of Task Group 7.4 personnel was the initial step in creating the proper understanding of the HARDTACK operation and of individual responsibility toward security of the tests. Additional indoctrination programs were presented at frequent intervals throughout the planning phase, Security was stressed by means of infor= mation letters, posters, and briefings culrinating in the signing by individuals before dparture to Eniwetok of affidavits indicating the as= Gy sumption of responsibility for maintaining security on all classified