ADMITTANCE OF PERSONNEL TO THE PROJECT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00011A001000160133-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 133
• Publication Date: June 15, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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15 June 1956
PROJECT OPERATIONS SOP #1
SUBJECT: Admittance of Personnel to the Project Operations
Control Center
1. Purpose: To establish control procedures for the admittance
of personnel into the Project Operations Control Center, designed to
insure maximum security within the Control Center and "Restricted Area"
defined in paragraph 2 below.
2. Definitions:
a. Project Operations Control Center: All of that area com-
prised of Rooms 522, 526, 630,638, 642, 550, 554, 558 and 562.
(See inclosure 1, floor Plan for Project Operations control center.)
b. "Restricted Area": That area within the Control Center
comprised of Rooms 554, 558 and 562, the Projection Room and ante-
room to the Projection Room (see inclosure 1, areas labeled D, E, K).
3. Responsibilities:
a. General: It will be the personal responsibility of all
personnel assigned to duties within the Operations Control Center,
or authorized access to the Control Center, to be familiar with
and insure strict adherence to the provisions of this SOP.
b. Specific:
(1) The officer designated as Special Intelligence
Officer will be responsible for making periodic checks on
the effectiveness of.the security measures established herein
and for recomaending revisions to established procedures as
circumstances warrant.
(2) The Senior Controller on duty will be responsible
for maintaining a receptionist at the entrance to the Control
Center (room 538 at all times during normal working hours.
(3)
The receptionist will be responsible for:
(a) Admitting to the Control Center and "Restricted
Area" only those personnel who are authorized access
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4b, c
and d below.
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(b) Insuring that electric gates remain closed at
all times until electrically opened by herself to
permit passage of authorized persons.
(c) Issuing visitors identification badges as
indicated in access list in accordance with paragraph
5 below.
4. Procedures:
a. Access to the Control Center will be through the Reception
Room (538) only. All other means of ingress or egress will be secured
at all times in a manner approved by the Chief, Special Intelligence
Security Branch, OCI.
b. Admittance to the Control Center will be restricted to those
personnel who have been authorized access by the Project Director of
Operations and possessing clearances concurred in by the AD/Cl. A
card file of such personnel, conpiled under the supervision of the
Special Intelligence Officer, will be maintained, at the receptionist's
desk for this purpose.
c. Admittance to the "Restricted Area" will be limited to those
personnel whose names appeux, on the "Restricted Area" access list, com-
piled under the supervision of the Special Intelligence Officer, and
signed by the Project Director of Operations.
d. Persons other than those referred, to in paragraphs kb and
1c above, who have occasion to visit the Control Center or "Restricted
Area" on official business may do so only if escorted by an authorized
member of the Operations Staff after certification by the escorting
staff member that the area to be visited has no-sensitive information
exposed:- The escort will also be responsible far-seeing that no sen-
sitive information is exposed or discussed:while the visitor is within
the area, and he will remain with the visitor at all times until the
visitor departs the area on completion of his business therein.
e. In all instances when personnel assigned to the Control Center
are working with 81 or SENSINT information in any part of the Control
Center outside of the "Restrictid Area", the receptionist will be ad-
vised and access to the Control Center will not be granted to any per-
son whose name does not appear on the "Restricted Area" Access List.
To insure that unauthorized persons are not inadvertently permitted
access to the Control Center during such periods, the following pro-
cedures will be observed:
(1) The person handling SI and/or SENSINT information will
first determine that unauthorized persons are not already present
in the Control Center.
(2) Before remeving the SI or SENSINT information from the
"Restricted Area", he will advise the receptionist that a "Security.
Area Red" condition exists.
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(3) The receptionist will turn a signal card, (adapted
for this purpose and prominently displayed on the wail of
the reception room) so that the red side of the card is exposed.
(4) When the SI or SENSINT information has been returned
to the "Restricted Area" the receptionist will be advised that
the "Security Area Red" no longer exists. She will turn the
signal card so that the green side of the card is exposed.
(5) To prevent confusion from arising as a result of a
situation where two or more persons are working with SI or
SENSINT information, outisde the "Restricted Area," at the same
time, the receptionist will also maintain a log in which she
will write the name of the person or persons who advised her
that a "Security Area Red" condition exists and the time that
notification is made. When she is advised that the condition
no longer exists, she will line out the name and record the
time. In each instance, before exposing the green side of the
signal card, she will ascertain that all names in the log have
been lined out.
f. der normal working hours,. In the absence of the receptionist,
Operations staff personnel admitting visitors to the Control Center
will fulfill all of the responsibilities of the receptionist as outlined
in paragraph 3b (3) above.
5. Identification Badges:
a. Agency identification badges of personnel authorized access
to the Operations Control Center in 'accordance with paragraph 4b
above will bear the area nuober 9 in the margin. All other personnel
require a project visitor s badge.
b. Visitors identification badges will indicate the degree. of
clearance possessed by the individual, in the following manner:
(1) All red badge indicates no clearance. Escort is
required.
(2) Upper third of badge blue; lower two-thirds red
indicates clearance for Project AQUATONE information only.
Escort is required.
(3) Middle third of badge blue; upper and lower third
red indicates SI clearance only. Escort is required.
(4) Upper two-thirds of badge blue; lower third red
indicates clearance for Project and SI Information. No
admittance if area red because SENSINT is exposed.
(5) A11 blue badge indicates full clearance for Project
information, SI information and SENSINT Information. No
escort required.
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c. Visitor's identification badges Will be worn exposed while
in the Control Center. Visitors will be advised of this require-
ment by the receptionist prior to entering the area.
d. If the visitor and, his current clearances are not personally
known to the receptionist she will not query visitors as to what
clearances they then have in effect, but shall
(1) Ask that the persons clearances be vouched for by
a member of the Operations section, or
(2) In the case of Project clearance call Project Security
on extension For SI clearance information during the
day (0830 to 1700 call extension but on Saturday,
Sunday a~ 'holidays and at night call the SI Security Office
extensio In the cage At RF.NgTW wl ony-my% an #%a l l
Colonel.. USAF
Director of Operations
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