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carefullyscrutinizedidentification
credentialsbeforetake-of
f was
pemitted.
Thus,W a seriesof successiveand thoroughsecuritychecksat
the entrancewaysof progressively
more exclusivesecuri~ zones,and
with proportionately
finer gradationsof screening,all personnelwho
were proceedingtouaxdthe heart of the operationalarea were subjected
to the closestscrutiny.
d. Musters. At scheduled,althoughunannouncedtimes,all
personnelashoreand afloatwere musteredfor sightidentification
and
physicalcount. In additionto the obviousadvantageof protecting
personnelagainstphysicalharm, it providedJ-2 the opportuni~ to
check for the presenceof unaccountedfor or unidentifiedstragglers
and wanderers.
e. PhysicalSecurityChecks. All islandsin EhiwetokAtoll
were subjettedto frequentsecuri~ suaepsat unannouncedtbs
7.5 personnelcarriedby boat or llaisonaircraft.
Thus,

by m
.

a fittingclimaxwas providedfor a carefullyintegrated

personnelsecuritycontrolplan designedto preventthe ent~ of hostile
agentsto the inner

xwcesses

s
of a mid-oceanlaborato~ where the nationf

most closelyheld secretwas being tested.

5.

Temtim

All

Procedures.

personneldepartingfrom the

qulredto refreshtheirmemoriesas to

the

operaticmal

area,were re-

punitive provisicmsof the

AtomicEner~ Act, the EspionageAct, and the penaltlesfor Acing a
false offloialstatement. Oertlficates
nre requiredto the effoot

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