a.
Personnel Requirements.
The question of seourity olearance..of personnel involved in the
operation required a decision as to whether all participating individuals
would have to have a "Q” clearance, or whether it would be possible to
allow a certain number to have the shorter "P" approval.
It was finally
decided that individuals stationed at Kwajalein, who would not have access
to Restricted Data, and whose duties would not cause them to be too closely
associated with that type of infomation, could be cleared with a "P"
approval.
This deoision saved many hours of work on the part of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and allowed them to process "Q" clearances
with greater dispatch.
In general, the following Air Foree personnel ree
quired "Q" type clearances:
The Air Commander's Staff, Task Group 7.4
Headquarters Staff, all photographic personnel, and the Commanding Officer
and Operations Officer of Task Unit 7.4.2.
The Strategic Air Command had been directed 8 October 1947 by
Headquarters, United States Air Force, to organize, man, equip and train
an Air Force Task Group to be part of the Joint Task Force SEVEN.
The Air
Materiel Command, the Air Proving Ground Cosmand, and the Air Transport
Command had been ordered to support the Strategic Air Command in the
operation.
Thus, it may be said that the Eighth Air Force, which was the
implementing agency of the Strategic Air Cosmand for this operation, was
the responsible organization in the procurement of personnel.
There were
several instances in which properly trained individuals were not available
in any of the four main commands, and as a result Headquarters, United
States Air Force, was dram into the procurement procedure.
Most instances
of this type were handled by coordination between the Office of the Air
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