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