CHAPTER Ifl, SECTION 6
SECTION 6
SECURITY
GENERAL
Atomic Energy Commission, Los Angeles Secur-
The security. requirements tor OPERATION CASTLE were cssentially the same as
those established for OPERATIONS GREENHOUSE and IVY. ‘Phe Contractor's Sccurty
Department was responsible tor tormudating
policies and implementing procedures on a company-wide basis to insure compliance with oxisting Atomic Energy Commission securits directives, and for safeguarding the mission of the
Proving Ground by educating
security Consciousness.
employees
in
Reporting to the General Manager. the
Holmes & Narver Chicf Security Officer was responsibile for all phases of the security program.
both in the Home Otfice and at Jobsite. and
was atded in carrying out this responsibility: by
an Assistant Security: Officer.
A full-time Holmes & Narver Security
Officer, reportiny functionally to the Project
Manager. and technically to the Chicf Security
Offseer, was assigned to the Pacific Proving
Ground and was responstile for the secunty
of all Holmes & Narver activities at the forward
area. The Chief Secunty Olficer, however, was
responsible for selecting qualihted Security personnel, properly indoctrinating them, and providing complete and comprehensive material
relative to Security. procedmres and processes,
As the Operation progressed, two Assistant
Security Officers were assigned to the Jobsite
Securty Officer; one at Bikini Atoll and one at
Eniwetok Atoll.
The Honolulu Office Manager was selected
as the Security Representative for Hawanan
Island activities. Although he reported to the
Chief of Operations. technical gridance im secuniy matters wan providaad by the Security
Officer and his staff
All personnel clearances were processed and
all identification media were produced in’ the
Home Otfice Security Department. Every applicant processed was photographed and fingerprinted. The Security Department prepared all
identification forms. cards. and badges as well
as requests to the Port Control Director, Long
Beach Naval Station. for the issuance of Goverment travel orders, Pre-employment. information. provided by the Industrial Relations
Department, was used as a hasis for obtaining
a limited non-governmental background investigation. In addition. Security was responsible
for maintaining. coding. and disseminating all
derogatory
information
received, and
for pre-
paring all papers which accompanied the Personnel Security Questionaires submitted to the
ity Branch, for security: clearances.
Liaison with
governmental agencies, beth
loval and national, resulted in the execution of
uouignter securits program than would otherwise have been possible. Information sccured
fram these various sources proved to be of special value in the personnel security program. The
favorable security record maintained by contractual people during the Gperation was attributable in large measure to the expeditious
processing and broad cooperation atforded to
Holmes & Narver by the Los Angeles Security
Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Operational securiey arrangements in existence
prior to the commencement of OPERATION
CASTLE provided that ARC's Los Angeles
secure Branch undertake the responstoiity of
processing all Hlolmes & Narver employment
appheants under the personnel clearance program. Vhe Los Angeles AEC security. Branch
also provided the
Enmuwctoh
Ficld Office with
se UES osurvess of the various facilities and
premises of the Holmes & Narver Home Office.
PERSONNEL SECURITY
Because security is ene of the most impor-
tant conaderations in conducting an Operation,
every eftart Was mide te employ only those
individnals who could be trusted not to disclose
Classified information te unauthomzed persons.
To accomplish this each appheant was proces:
scdoain accordance with AEC standards. There
were two basic types of clearances: the °P™
Approval, which authorized access up to and
including
Secret-Defens.
Information,
Non-
Restricted Data: and the “Q" Clearance, which
authorived access to information classified Re~tricted Data, as defined in the Stomie Energy
Actoof 1946. The UP" Approval was predicated
upon the results of a name and fingerprint check
of the tiles of the Federal Bureau of [nvestiga-
tion and other national agencies. as applicable.
The "Q™ Clearance was granted upon the results of an exhaustive backyround investigation
which was conducted hy eather the FBI or the
Civil Serviee Commission,
There were a few deviations from basic
clearance mechanics. Where little. rf any. access
to clas-itied information would be had by a
potential employee. and where his services were
~o urgently needed that the Operation would
suffer without them. provisions were made to
grant the appheant either a Local *P" Approval
oer a "Q° Emergency Clearance. Phe Local “P”
Approval was based on the results of a name
check of local law enforcement and Federal Agencies and could be obtained only if the appli\
Page 3-32
'
Y
th
:
|
t
bees
ee
ee net le eel
:
a 1 fool te,scented
“gy
~
~
EMce
i