hen
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there they trevelled by ship, or on the C-H7 alr shuttle, to Bikini,
If they travelled by ship, there vas no problen, since they could
reach their shins without eny need to land on Tninewan Island,
many of thee rode the 0-7 shuttle te Bikini.
However,
Kost were not badged,
mor were they eligible for tadges, since they held only Secret allitary
clearances,
Again, vhan the firet unbadged transient personnel
began arriving at Mkini esiretrip they vere placed under restraint,
f{aterrogated, and finelly eecorted, under quard, to the boat land
ing.
Thie situation was resolved by mutual acreenent betveen the
f
headquarters concerned that transient naval persence] travelling
under orders, bat without badges, would as a routine matter be
escorted between BMkini airstrip and the boat landing without being
viewed vith suspicion,
VALVERS
6.
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Several Task Group 7.3 units were nominated for CASTLE so
late ae to render futile any atteapt to obtain "Qusen® Clearances for
their essential personnel,
‘These were the relief L9fs, 25 and 1146,
ordered up as temporary raplacenents for the two regularly aecigned
LSfe when they were laid up for repairs, anf the unite connected with
Project 3.4, the Bareau of Ordnance mining project, a late effi tion
te the CASTLE program,
These latter were USS SHEA, USS RECLAINTR,
LST 1157, kxplosive Ordnance Disposal Unit One (KOMN=-1), and a detashment of Faval Beack Group One.
All were orieredé to participate fa
GASTLE vell after deployment ef the task group hed begun.
was
fines ft
iged that “Qnsen"® clearance processing normally requires a
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