7. The CourierService. a. Mission. The courierserviceof the Task Forcewas organized to accomplishthe safe delive~ of AEA RestrictedData and otherclassified matterfrom the mainlandto the forwardarea d retUrn. b. Composition.Only J-2 approvedpersonnelwere authorized to act as couriers. Insofar as possible,officers,enlistedmen and CIC SpecialAgentsof Task Group 7.5 were used for this purpose. Beginning h mid-Janua~ 1948sa semi-weeklyscheduledcourierservicewas Air Base, placedin operationfrom“Washington, D. C., to Fatifield-Suisun California,and/orLos Angeles,California,Oahu, T. H., KwajaleinsM. I., and Eniwetok,M. I. Specialattentionwas given to the matterof c“ ~“ pre+iepartureinstructions.All courierteamswere orallybriefedby a J--2or Task Group 7.5 representative beforetake-off. Furthermore, theywere requiredto read the specialinstructionsfor couriersand to executea courieragreement. d. Storageat Air Terminals. Specialdepositoriesfor JTF-7 classifiedmaterialwere establishedat the Fairfield+uisunAir Base and at Fort Shafter,OahuJ T. H.> at the fomer station>a 3-cOmb~atiOn safewas set aside in the vault at the passengerterminal. Each courier was requiredto changethe combinationbeforeusing the safe. A l!QI! clearedofficerof the Air Base was in chargeof the vault. 8.” Special~“ a. Identification Badges. 1. Mission. The Identification Section,Hq., Joint SecurityGroupwas assignedthe task of preparingand 49 Section11 ● n - n OEUR