CHAPTER Ili, SECTIONS 6 and 7
- Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential Undisturbed in this order was the classification of
Defense Information (known as Restricted
Data) as defined in the Atomic Energy Act ot
1946. The only immediate cifect this order had
on H&N security procedures was the requirement that all Confidential, Defense [nformation
he registered when transmitted by U.S. Mail.

ment of practices and procedures to insure that
all cleared personnel were aware of their continuing responsifnlity to the United States
Government not to divulge classified information
to unauthenzed personnel Each employee at
the Home Office was given @ security interview
upon receiving his clearance. at which time the

hread scope of the sccurty program, Was aut-

personnel who required aecess to classified in-

lined, and examples were cited to point up the
necessitv. for constant vigilanee.
Emplovees
assigned to the Pacific Proving Ground were
cahtioned prior to departure, not to discuss
envthing concerning their job with their ramuily,
friends, or other individuals. A’ coraprehensive
security lecture Was deferred until the employce

voluminous classified documents hetween the
Los Angeles Home Office and the Pacific
Proving Ground dictated that uniform procedures and practices must be followed to insure
that all classified information remained in the
possession of authorized recipients.

at the PPG, cach employee took a written test.
Hf the emplovee failed in the test, he was required to take it a second time. Top H&N
Indnapement personnel were given a special lecture in addition to the over-all lecture delivered
io general employees, and were required to sign

Alt classified mail received in the Home
Office was directed to Central Files.
Papers
were logged in and then delivered by messengers
appropriately cleared and approved. Classified

sponstbohity as management personnel,

INFORMATION SECURITY
The scope of the activities of Holmes &

Narver during the Operation,

the nambers of

formation,

for

and

the

necessity

transterring

documents were delivered to the Pacific Proving

Ground by °Q" cleared emplovees acting as
couriers. For transmittals between the Home
Office and AEC’s Los Angeles Security. Branch,
the services of a UQ" cleared armed guard were
used.
At

both the Pacific Proving Ground and

the Home Office, documents no longer recurred
were destroved in accordance with AEC sccurity
procedures.
The Field Manager, Eniwetok Ficld Office,
delegated authority to the General Mfanager of
Holmes & Narver to classify documents originated by H&N, and empowered him to redelegate to key personnel within the organization.
In addition to the foregoing. the informational control program included the establish-

arrived at the Jobsitu. After having the lecture

a

document
In

the

acknowledging

them

Home Office, all

security.

re-

terminating em-

plosees were given a security lecture and were
required to execute and have witnessed by the
Securty Department ao security. termination
statement, Form AEC-136. which included Sectian LOCb) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946,
The Enternal Secunty Act of 1950, and Title
18, US. Code, Section 794. Jobsite omplovers
were given oa security decture pmor to their
depatture

fui

thesé

jicdee

uf tite and Were

re-

quested to aitna the AEC Form 136.
Upon
arrival. whether it was at Honolulu, San Franeisco. or Los Angeles. each terminating emplovee was again given a comprehensive secunty
lecture, “was again requested to sign the AEC
Form-135. and was reminded uf his responsibility to notify the Commission of any anticipated foreign travel. For those emplovees anticipating foreicn travel. Holmes & Narver prepared Form AEC-290 and submitted it to the
AEC. Los Angeles Security Branch.

SECTION 7
OFFICE SERVICES
To provide more efficient workability, the
Office Services Department in the Home Office
underwent a reorganization early in June 1953,
and an Office Manager was placed in charge. The
central file) room, mail room, teletype room,
telephone facilities, seproductions (except Ozatic

The mail reom handled approximately
2.500 Ths. of incoming mail per month. and an
equivalent amount of outgoing mail. AM mail
was lozgeed in and out by cleared personnel:
mail was delivered within the Home Office by
messengers runs daily.
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AECcar pool. furniture and equipment allocations. all maintenance work, and inter-office

The reproduction work required for Operation CASTLE, such as Multilith. Ditto. Mimeograph and Autostat. was produced by the Office
Services facilities, and averaged 50,000 sheets

prints), warehousing and records, stores issue,
messenger service were assigned to this department.

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