See lin classe Ered . . . CHAPTER 7.1 _ Hooke . te . . Parsonn:1 Clearance, Tea ated te WW " ge edb roy hy Tee hong, POSGCS Gaur pp don It was required that all employees en- gaged in AEC contract work be processed for either a "Q" commencement of the Contract, January 1, 1949, until June 30, 1951, approximately 2900 new "Q" clearances and 4100 "P* ap- provals were granted, In addition, approximately 1500 cases were processed which did not result either in clearance or formal denial of clearance, In this category were those individuals who withdrew their job applications, those who were found to be physically unqualified, or those who for any other reason were found to be unavailable before clearance process-—ing was completed, Once the processing was initiated, the work involved for the Holmes & Narver Security Division was practically the same whether the individual received a "Q" clearance, a "P® approval, or no clearance at all, Physical Security. Included in physical security were the establishment and maintenance of security safeguards at the Home Office, Honolulu Office, and Jobsite as required by Atomic Energy Commission General Manager's Instructions No, 37 and No, 153. 3, Information Security, Information security entailed the development and installation of office p-cedures for the control and accountability of classified documents and material. It included all phases of classification and the procedures which applied to the preparation, transmission, receipt, storage, and destruction of Restricted Data and other classified information, As part of the program of information security, it was necessary that all employees at all locations be indoctrinated in the basic fundamentals of security and that individuals be given specific security instruction in accordance with the needs of the job in which they were engaged. q-1 UWac/a ssl 1 ed Ce a ra ng nae — - — m= = sot wee ote ' . sal Lede ray Lavy? clearance or "P*® security approval, according to the access that their job would require. During the period from the 2. . ee The security provisions of the Contract required that Holmes & Narver conform to all security regulations and requirements of the Atomic Energy Commission and included specific provisions concerning unauthorized disclosure of information, the safeguarding of classified information, the clearance of personnel, and the release of information. These security requirements necessitated the provision of a full scale security organization to cover security at the Home Office, at the Honolulu Office, and at the Jobsite, Because Holmes & Narver had established no formal security organization prior to this contract, it was necessary to hire qualified security personnel and to build an organization as the needs of the job required. Personnel and facilities were provided for the following: 1, d be Peel GENERAL Cy t a oh tae ye oe anf