i of the Tack Force when requested. This Detachment per forned valushle service to the Task Group not only in criminal investigation activitics, but assisted with security missions during a brief shortage of "git clearcd NP Officers, Hcewever, the strength of one officer and four wirrent officers was considered excessive, since aricinal investigaticn activities were fcw in number, Tho scluticn to this is discussed in Section XVI of this report. Beginning 2s November 1953 the first of the Prcvisicn:] MP “‘Detachments moved from ENIVETOK ISLAND ts Site ELMER. The romaining detachzents wero phased out to <ther off-islind sites <ne by one, and by 20 'anuary 1954 311 required sites were occupied. , Upen implcmentation of the Bridge Identificxticn Systam, Military Police controlled access into sensitive ercas,” This was accomps ished by Locating MP pests on all boet landings and aif fields, In addition, MP posts were ostcblished at all exclusion arpas. Military Pélico eonducted ground and air security swee ps or ENIJETOK ATOLL porigdically throtghout, the entire period. “Air sviécps were cunducted at BIKINI as directed by GITF SEVEN, Several MP Sub-detechnents wore located sn various islands -~ of BIKINI ATOLL as has been previously discussed. were evacuated te ships for BRAVO. contamination which resulted ’ Because of the heavy radiological TO m BRAVO, the se detachments wore un~ t able to rnvoccupy these sites. These dotachnent ~ As a result the base cf operations for. BIKINI was transferred to the USNS ansiionra. - - Various security funce tions sbozrd ship, as well as a minimum number of posts at TARE were assigned to the Military Police. Since ‘those duties did not requins f