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«A pumber of inoidents arcee during the early operation of

the badge system in which the necessary movencnt of naval personnel

in the forward area was severely, end unnecessarily, hindered,

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affected the eperation ef the Bikint fighter aircraft detachnent,

three alreraft and personnel of YO-3, attached te BAIBOKO, ‘the
three aircraft vere flown off ‘BAS ROXO ae she vas arriving at Hkint,
Thay lenéed on the BMkinl airstrip, vhere the pllots vere net by
security Hilitary Police,

YWo-} was one of the unite nominated too

late to complete sll security requirements, and the pilots did act
have badges,

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Thrsy were placed under restraint and, efter inter

rogation, eecorted from the island and returned by boat to BAIRD,

whieh had by then entere@ and enchored in the lagoon,

The pilets

end equrdron maintenance personnel were then deniedaccess to their
aircraft.

Thies stringent enforeenent of the security system was dune

to « loeal interpretation of Commander Joint Tack Tores SEVEX security
raguletions by aflitery police rersennel at Bikini, ° Since the per
eonnel involved had been granted interin Top Secret clearances pends-

ing rroceseing of thelr *Qrceen® clearanceas, the tusk Group Security
Officer, CORR. A. Kare, USER, obtained badges for them at Perry,
flew with them to Bikini and resolved the situation by issaing the

badges.

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A eiatlar situation developed with respect to transient naval

personnel attespting te rejoin or report to their unita at Bikini’,
They arrived in the area, usually by air, on Eniwetok Island.

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