</s>104-10106-10143 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINTATIONS STAFF MEMBERS FILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME: HSCA Request Ltr 8 May 1978 OLC 78-1573 RETURN TO CA HSCa Request Lr 8 May 1979 OLC 79-1575 Do Not Fopopaburo INCLUSIVE DATES: Directorate of S & T Memo 22 June 1978 CUSTODIAL UNIT/LOCATION: ROOM: DELETONS, IF ANY: DATE DATE RECEIVED REVIEWED REVIEVED BY (PRINT NAME) SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICI. 9-7.76 7-7,76 G.G.BOSCHEt BUKKEY 2. Octox Blaak 7-10-28 7-10.78 Kenneth Klein Kenneth 10. 9-9-26-78 Jolama Smith Johanna Sutter NO DOCUMENTS MAY BE COPIED OR REMOVED FROM THIS FILE

Summary:  
The documents detail U.S. military operations involving the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft during the 1950s, focusing on missions over the Soviet Union and Japan. They include correspondence between the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) regarding access to classified records related to the U-2 program. The text outlines the deployment of Detachment C of the U-2 project, including dates of personnel movements, operational missions, and interactions with Soviet authorities. It references Soviet protests against U-2 overflights, such as the 1958 incident involving a flight over Velikaya Kema, and includes translated excerpts from Soviet diplomatic notes detailing violations of airspace. The documents also mention technical aspects of radar tracking, countermeasures by Soviet air defenses, and the eventual decommissioning of U-2 operations in Japan by 1960.  

Key People:  
- Scott Breckridge (OLC)  
- Thomas G. Ward (Acting Executive Officer, Directorate of Science and Technology)  
- Mikhail Mishnikov (Soviet Ambassador to Washington)  
- M. Mensikov (Soviet Embassy official)  

Key Locations:  
- Atsugi, Japan  
- Velikaya Kema, Soviet Union  
- Moscow, USSR  
- Washington, D.C., USA  

Key Events:  
- Deployment of U-2 Detachment C to Japan (1957–1960)  
- Soviet protests against U-2 overflights (e.g., March 1958 incident)  
- Technical analysis of Soviet air defense responses to U-2 missions  
- Decommissioning of U-2 operations in Japan by 1960  

Key Organizations:  
- Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Directorate of Science and Technology (DST)  
- Soviet Union diplomatic and military authorities

JFK Declassified Files

104-10106-10143.pdf

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