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on individualsprovedunwieldy,inefficient,
cumbersomeand inadequate.
The use of code names,of Joint Task ForceSeven,or the purposeor
missionin our orderswas not permitted. Also generaldestinationsonly
suchas “Hawaiiand/orotherPacificoceanAreas’?
couldbe used in travel
orders. We were initiallynot permittedeven to indicatein the orders
who the individualwas to reportto. The possibilityof “losing~r
people,
of never gettingthem to their ultimatedestinationusing such orders,
was great. lkat shouldhave been a very simpleprocess: orderingpeople
to %hereitbecamea most highlycomplicatedand cumbersome
from ‘lhere~t
procedure. This could in the main have been avoidedby issuingSecret
orders. It was felt, however,that the use of Secretorderswould result
in a multitudeof securityleaks. Secretorderswould also have been
inconvenientto the individual.The solutionas far as J-1 was concerned,
was to issuea press releaseand declassifythe Task Forcepro~ect. Since
this was impossiblefor obviousreasons,J-1 found other solutions. One
solutionwas to issue Secretorders,with Restrictedextracts,for air
travelto destinationwest of Hawaii showingdestinationKwajalein,a
normalATC and NATS texminal. This procedureavoideddelay at Oahu for
additionalorders on air prioritiessincethe individualstraveledas
[!thro@m passengers. The use of Restrictedextractssimplifiedreimbursementproceduresfor the individu@s. Ultimateunit and APO dest@tion were also shownin the Secretorders. As a resultof certaindo~grading,20 December1947,RestrictedordersC=X’Y@

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tion, couldbe used in most cases. By use of the aboveand other
methods,J-1 was in one way or another,able to get individualswhere
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