,
it was necessary to screen immediately the personnel involved and
brief tbm as to the s?ecial need for security in this operation. All
persons bving kno~led~e of the project were informed of the required
security precautions and required to sign b security agreement &cknowledging their underst~ding of the JTF Security Regulations. dninistr~tive
security procedures within the h%dqu=ters
~d
to be formulated ad
ilU-
plemented. AR 380-5 was followed implicitly in this reg=rd.
d.
Movement from Oahu of the Advance Detachment. The move
ment of this unit called for unusual security pre~utions to ensure thut
activity bnd speculation incident to the organization and movement of
the unit would not disclose the nature of the operation it was to
0
8UppOrt.
overallcoverplan, tbt shouldkve been usefulin this instance,
h~ been evolvede~rly in Octoberby muti JTF headquarters.However,
this plan bd been held in abeyencesince~
earlypress release was
anticip&ted which would obviate its necessity. However the situation
in late October wtissuch that a local cover plan *S
deemed necessm
ad
after approval by main headquarters JTI?-7w=s put in effect. In this
plan the advance detachment was made to appe&r as a supporting unit for
classified topogrtiphicoperations which were ac%ually In progress elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean Area.
As carried out, the plan was highly
successful. It permitted the continued
handling
of the movement of the
d’et-chmentas a classified operation and successfully covered the true
mission of the unit until its purpose was disclosed in the official press
release some weeks later.
The cover
pkn
was particularly effective in
that it tied in with operations generally known by the officers and men
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