When I got out and worked at Nuke plant in 1986 they called a Japanes friend of mine in Japan. He was shocked
My father-in-law was an intelligence officer in the 82nd Airborne.
He was an Electrical Engineer before active duty.
He worked at such a plant 40 years. Had a Q when I became aware of the security checks.
He was a division manager too.
It was not something that anyone took lightly.
It was not discussed in local press until the late 1980’s. Was a taboo subject.
Talk about a great bunch of people, I knew a lot of his staff, they absolutely loved him. Most interesting people.
But I’ve had that type of people in my life for my entire life. So many stories about that type of connection.
And it continues.
They used to check pretty thoroughly. I had had a roommate who had a friend that visited E Germany a few times and they dug into that despite my only having met the guy in passing.