r

incomingair trafficincomingat that island. Shortly
thereafter,a flillprogramof travelscreeningwas
operational.
~. Eniwetok. Mvance Task Group 7.5 e~ementsarrivingat
EniwetokIslandon 13 Decemberbeganpreparationsfor
the establishment
of air and water travelcontrolwhich
was h operationby the end of Janua~, 1948.
e. Deploymentof the AFSWP Unit. On 10 February1946, 12
officersand 20 enlistedmen of the Armed ForcesSpecialWeapons
Fmject reportedfor duty with the JointSecurityGroupat the kng
BeachNaval Shi~ard. Theirp-

securitymissiomwas to guard

specialitems of AEA Restrictedhta.

They were fiitmlly ass-d

to ‘i=clusionAreasnaboardthe h major shipsand, upon the arrivalof
the Naval Task Group in the ioruardarea, 6 officersand the 20 enlisted
men of the AFSWPUnit wre assignedthe responsibility
of guardingthe
specialn~cAusion AreaW on EniwetokIsland.

4* The Sectity of Material.
a. RestrictedAreas. 3n order to reduceto a mink

the

possibilityof accessby unauthorizedpersonnelto classifiedmaterial,
certainareaa aboardship and on shorewere designated‘Restricted
Areasn. After specifbd dates,no personnelwere permittedto enter
such areas exceptgreen and black badge holders,individualswhose
names appearedon permanentent~ lists furnishedby J-2 or on access
pemits.
~. AboardShip. Each of the 4 ~jor S~PS had officess

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