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HEADQUARTERS ARLINGTON HALL STATION 

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER 

ARUNGTON, VA. 

10 December 1943 

SUflJECT: Report Of The PoAt Security Committee 

TO: Commanding Officer, Arlinston Hall Station 

i. At ·the lustigation of 1:he Post Adjutant a Post Security 

Committee has been foM!led to investigate the current status or 

8eeurity at Arlington H8.ll Station, to draft a Post Security 

Pol icy, and to make reconuned.dati·one leading to a, higher degree 

of security at Arlington Hal~ Station. This 6ommittee, under 

the Chairmanship of Major W.8. Foftun,e, is composed of the 

various Branch Security Officers and the Provost Marshal as 

indicated below. Capt. Best, as Post Intelligence Officer, 

has acted in an advisory capacity with this Committee. The 

members of the Committee are 

Lt. Skidmore - A Branch 

Lt. Packard - B Branch 

Capt. Yasbec - C Branch 

Ma.j. Fortune - D Branch 

Lt. Creekman - E Branch 

Lt. Donaldeon - F Branch 

Lt. Venters - Tng Branch 

Lt. Worrall - Provost Marshal 

2. This Committee haa met on several occasions tor the 

disouasion of problems peculiar to the Branches and relative 

to the security of the Post a8 a whole. 

3. During the discussions in the Committee meetings, 

the security needs of Arlingto~ Hall Station have been determined 

to be as follows: 

a. A more detailed study of speoitic Branoh leourity 

problems in the relation to the entire Poat security problem than 

is within the scope of this Committee. 

• ~ b. The initiation or an active, coordinated and more rigid 

security discipline. 

o. The standardization of security policy and regylations 

throughout the post. 

4. On the basis of its s~udy, the Committee has drafted 

a Post Security Policy and submits the following recommendations 

for approval and execution. 

It is recommended that - a. the attached statement of the ArlingtBn Hall Station 

"Post Security Policy" be adopted as'the official Post Security Poltcy. 

b. the Post Security Officer as defined in the Post 

Security Policy, p&ragraph 2a, be appointed by the Commanding 

Officer at an early date. · 

C• the immediate, first duty of the Post Security Officer 

shall be the dratting of th~ specific Post Security Regulations covering the points 01it1 ined in paragraph 2c of the attached . 

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Post Security Policy. These Regulations should be in complete 

detail and should be ~enerally applicable to every Branch ot 

this Station. · 

de A tile of fingernrint cl&11ifications shall be maintained jo!ntl~ by the Provost Y.ar~h&! an~ the ?ost Security Ofricer for. 

use in investigation's bearing on security. 

e. in order to maintain the RESTRIC~Etl sta~~~ nf Op~r8tin:~ 

Building B. the civilian training school be removed from this 

building. 

t. an active security publicity campaign shall be initiated 

at the earliest poaeibl• ·moment. It ii advisable that this 

campaign be organized in euch a manner aa to encourage the 

broadest poeaible participation by all personnel on the Post. 

The greater portion or this campaign should be handled through the 

vari~us Branches. Materials an~ idea5 used in any on• Branch 

should be coordinated with the other Branches by the Post Security 

Officer. Such publicity meaeure1 as pay envelope inHrts, security 

elogana onihe paper napkins in the cafeterias, security suggestion 

·boxea, training films, and qualified speaker• might be used in 

. this campaign. 

g. the rollow!r.e; li:J.ocellaneoua aecu.ri t.y measures E>hall 

be e!'l.l"ercoa: 

(1) Th" q~'.: ':' t-.ion or under- an!i over-olasaifica ti on 

ot doownenta shall be brought to the attention ot those personnel 

whoa• dutiea include auoh ol~aaitication. 

(2) The problem ot the storage ot claasitied documents 

shall be brought ao the attention of the Branch Chiera. The question 

ot the proper storage or clasaified documents for which looked 

tile taoilitiea are not available shall be clarified. 

(3) Periodic checks by the Guard shell be made at 

the entrance to buaea and in the the buainesa district or 

Buckingham to enf oroe the re~cval of badges outside cf t.he 

limits ot the.Post. 

(4) There shall be reriodic ~onitoriLg ot the 

War Department tel~~honea by specially assigned. ~ualitied personnel 

for the purpose or checking th~ security of conversations 

between this atation and other War Department officea. 

W.B. Portune 

Major. Signal Corps 

Chairman, Post Security Comznt;ttee