At the end of the report period, clearance requests were on a current basis. In the two (2) month period, more than two hundred (200) NAO applications were prepared and over one hundred fifty (150) granted. NQ" applications were not processed in nearly so large Quantities, but rather were on a replacement basis, The table below shows personnel clearance status for the year to date, for comparative purposes: a“ , , "Q" Clearances in effect "Q" Clearances in process "BL Dee - 50 & 31 Jan 50 & 29 Feb na & 31 Mar A 30 Apr a NAC Glecronces ineffect > ur 18 , ia 32 7 % 56 , 1a 83 142 99 us 30 Jun 179 129 eGie Be on oe ae2 as 180 2a 12, 3B ei . 24 95 Zl tay now NAC Clearances in process n 10 7% As > » then,the|Pereonnel clearciifetprogram for this oo tesk group was ‘weld tn hand, an teMao INE tS - 3. wpe ae Counterintelligence Activities © ; During July and August, c1d Detachnent coverage was extended to , Eimer, Yvonne, And Gene Islands, with teams of agents being pernanent— ~: ly stationed there. Coverage of the entire atoll ves thereby effected, Investigetions of confidential nature by this unit increcsed greatly during the period, most of the leads originating fron requests for "Q" clearance. A large munber of such cases occurred ‘4n the 511th Transportation Port Company, hatch sections were bing ’