ae - HEADQUARTERS TEST SERVICES UNIT, PROVISIONAL APO 187, c/o POSTMA’TER SAN FRANCISCO, CALI.IA Le. 26 Mar 1954 SUBJECT: Re-entry Clearance Status of Personne] Returning to The Eniwctok Arca TO: Commander Task Group 7.4, Provisional APO 187, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California 1. In accordance with a verbal request from Colonel Mahon, this Headquarters conducted a review of several matters pertaining tg the movement of passengers in and out of Eniwetok by air. 2. In some cases, personnel returning to the forward area from TDY in the ZI or at Hickam, have no evidence in their posse~ ssion showing they are properly cleared for re-entry. | =m ~ Under the provisions of CINCPAC letter 020, dated 1 April 1952, this evidence is required before embarking such personnel at ary intermediato point of travel beyond the continental limits ofthe United States, 3. The MATS Terminal at the ZI PAE is rcsponsible for scnding messages, in accordance with the above letter, to appropriate ogencics in the forward arca. However, the MATS Torminal here has no auth- ority or responsibility to check orders on personnel returning to Hickam or the ZI on TDY, to soo that they are written correctly for personnel to return to the Proving Ground, 4.e To prevent future occurrences of this nature, it is suggested that a letter be disseminated to all Task Groups comprising JIF-7, reminding them that re-entry clcarance status of subject personnel should be included in their ordcrs. _. 7 FOR THE COMMANDER: Ki t AFWAdHO James W,-Montgomery JaMES W. MONTGOMERY Major, USAF Executive “on,