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2 2 JUN 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Legislative Counsel
ATTENTION Scott Breckenridge
SUBJECT HSCA Request
REFERENCE HSCA Letter Dated 8 78 , OLC 78 - 1573
1 . (U) Reference requests access to information in
six areas pertaining to the U-2 Project As You know
the U-2 Project files include about 150 boxes and over 650
reels of microfilm al1 located at the Records Center We
have reviewed the shelf listing titles to identify pertinent
files that might be responsive to the areas of request _ The
information requested covers an era and an organization which
was not a part 0f this Directorate As a result much of the
corporate memory is no longer available and research of the
files by current personnel is time consuming and requires
almost a learning process _ We have depended a great deal
on the written History of the U- 2 Project for leads to files
and for information contained in this menorandum _
2 (U) The primary interest of reference refers to
the U- 2 Project
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Detachment C, while stationed in Atsugi
Japan_ Attached are replies keyed to the six areas in the
HSCA letter_
3 (U) We realize that the information supplied by
this memorandum does not fully respond to a11 the areas
requested_ Because of the broad and encompass nature
of some of the requests in the HSCA letter and the fact
that our files are not organized to readily respond to
such broad requests we request that the HSCA staff review
the material and determine if their requests could be
limited or narrowed in some way
dwvaa b kbag.
Thomas G Ward
Acting Executive Officer
Directorate 0f
Science and Technology
Attachments :
As stated be downgraded to
Unclassified when
removed from attachment _
CL BY: 469804
TOP SECRET EIDER CHESS
May
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May
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TOP SECRET EIDER CHESS
Attachment To :
SC-01836-78
SUBJECT : DDSG T Interim Reply to HSCA Request , 8 May 78 ,
OLC 78- 1573
General Background: Detachment C advance party of
security and communication personnel departed the U.S
for Atsugi, Japan =
9 on 20 February 1957 the second echelon
of administrative personnel departed 4 March , and the main
body 0f the detachment with two U- 2 aircraft and equipment
began . deployment_ on 15 March On 29 March Headquarters was
notified that al1 personnel and equipment were on base
Operational readiness was forecast for the week of 8 April_
Operating procedures and liaison had been accomplished with
the following major U.S. components :
Far Fast Air Force 33
Far East Command and Theater Commander
Agency ' s Tokyo Station and local support unit
54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Atsugi Naval Air Station
Details or
specific operating agreements or procedures
with the above components have not been located.
By mid-- 1957 the Detachment had flown 30 sorties .
A1l of these operations were preparations for the primary
mission of the Detachment . The first primary mission of the
Detachment a flight over part of the USSR _ occurred on
20 June
1957
however, this mission did not originate or
recover at Atsugi.
The first overflight of the US SR from Atsugi occurred
on 1 March 1958 and this flight was the only and last flight .
This flight as other previous flights by other Detachments ,
was tracked by Russ ian radar, even though the U-2 aircraft
had anti-radar applications and a Soviet protest was made
on 5 March 1958 by the Soviet Ambassador to Washington,
Mikhail Menshikov Attached are copies %f the Soviet
Aide Memoires of 5 March and 21 April 1958 (Tab A)
The Detachnent continued to perform non-USSR missions
in the Far East area until the Powers flight of 1 May 1960 .
Redeployment of the Detachment began in early July, the
last U- 2 aircraft departed Japan on 9 July and a11 personnel
and other equipment cleared the base and turned the facilities
back to the Navy on 19 August 1960 _
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During the deployment of Detachment C it performed
approximately 86 operational missions
)
of these only 43
originated and recovered at Atsugi
1 Any and a11 information pertaining to the take -
offs and landings of the U-2 at Atsugi, Japan =
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limited to the Years 1959 through 1962 .
We have been unable to locate files which would
contain logs of a11 take-offs and landings of the U- 2
aircraft.assigned to Detachment C . In addition to
the mission flights stated above we must as sume that
there were a large number of take-offs and landings
which would include flights for pilot familiarization,
training, equipment testing, transitional and flights
purely for cover purposes) 32
2 and a11 information concerning the radar
procedures facilities staff involved with
the U- 2 flights at Atsugi, Japan , limited to the
Years 1959 through 1962 _
As stated in the General Background above we have
not located details or
specific operating Procedures
or agreements with the local Navy base at Atsugi:
3 _ and al1 information pertaining to contact
between Marine Air Control Squadron #1, Air
Group II, lst Marine Wing and U-2 personnel at
Atsugi, Japan, including but not imited to
housing, recreational and eating facilities
limited to
the years i959 through 1962 _
We have not identified any relationship between
Detachment C and Marine Air Control Squadron #1. On
the subject of hous ing we have noted that late in
1957 families were permitted at Detachment C and as
a result hous was
provided in
the compound &ssigned
to the Agency Support Unit and ten houses were rented
on the local market
4 Any and al1 information pertaining to defectors
with knowledge of the U- 2 program_
The DDSST has not located any
information pertaining
to defectors_ We defer this request to the DDO _
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5 _ Any and al1 information within the U- 2 program
file pertaining to defectors With knowledge of
the U- 2 program.
See above _
6 and al1 information concerning Soviet knowledge
of the U- 2 program previous to May 1960 _
Attached is an extract from a report dated
3 March 1958 concerning Soviet Air Defense which
gives a summary of Soviet knowledge of the U- 2
overflights between 20 June and 10 July 1956 ( Tab B)
Also attached is a copy of the Soviet protest note
of 10 July 1956 concerning Mission 2013 on 4 July 1956
which was the first penetration of the Soviet borders
(Tab C) _
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5 March 1958
EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
AIDE MEMOIRE
established data, on
March 2, 1958, at
According to precisely
Moscow time,
an American military jet aircraft, having
4:05 hours direction of the Sea of Japan, violated the state
appeared from the of the settlement of Velikaya
brder of the Soviet Union in the area
into the airspace of the Soviet Union; remain-
Kema and penetrated
considerable period of time: Thereafter,
ing
over its territory for a
south left in the direction of the Sea of Japan in the area
the aircraft
of the Olga Bay.
information
on this violation has been carefully checked
The
2nd there is no doubt as to its authenticity- The military representa-
United States, who in this
case acted possibly without the
tives of the
of the Government of the United States, will perhaps
knowledge
as has
happened in the past. However, such &
the said violation,
of violation itself. In any case, the
denial cannot eliminate the fact
interest in conmen
on this incident if
Soviet side would have no
it had actually taken place.
A the present tire, when
negotiations are
being conducted
summit meeting which could contribute to an im-
on the holding of a
states_
of relations
to strengthening trust betwveen
provement of the Soviet border by an American military aircraft
the violation
to undermine the cfforts aimed at
may be evaluated as an attempt
such a
meeting and to
aggravate the international situation
convening
of the President of the USA and' his con-
From the messages
from statements Ivith the Soviet Ambassador, as well as
versations
officials of the USA= it is known to the Soviet
other
gochath Goveranezttb€ thc USA
desires a
rapprochement
Government that the
relations between
bctween our
governments and improvement in the
hardly bc any doubt that such facts of violation of
them_ There can result--that of hindering the borders of the USSR can have only one _
this cause and upsetting Soviet-American relations_
deny
ting
not
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The attention of the Government of the USA is invited to
the fact that in the present situation the violation of the airspace of
the USSR by an American military aircraft takes on & particularly
character since, as has been repeatedly reported, Ameri -
dangerous
make flights around the clock over many countries
can military planes
thermonuclear bombs. The Government of the
of the world carrying
USA cannot fail to be aware of what genuinely catastrophic consequences
for the cause of peace will ensue when an American plane with such a
load will find itself shot down.
The attention of the Government of the USA has already been
viously directed to cases of violation of the state boundaries of
pe Soviet UniCd [y American military aircraft:
However, as proven
cited, the authorities of the USA have not taken the necessary
by the case
reasures to prevent such violations
It is absolutely obvious that it is the duty of the governments of
the USSR and the USA to do everything possible to prevent any acts
of complicating the
Situation and the relations betiveen the
capable
Soviet Union and the USA.
The Soviet Government cannot but protest against the violations
frontiers
an American military aircraft and it expects that
of Soviet
the Government of the United States
will punish severely those guilty
the violation of the airspace
of the USSR which has taken place and
of
tha: it will take steps to
prevent such violations in the future.
Taking into account the present situation, where a summit con-
and also the and purpose of the nego-
ference is being prepared,
the Soviet Government
tiations being conducted between our governments=
would not like to make this matter public or
subject it to discussion in
the UN.
The hope is expressed that this matter will bessettled satisfac-
the
rnments of the USSR and the USA and that there
torily between gove
ent to resort to other means for
will 62 no need for the Soviet Governm
{tS settlement.
Washington, March 5, 1958
(Initialled by M. Menshikov)
by
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Z1 April 1958
EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Note No. 9
The Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
presents its compliments to the Department of State of the United
States of America and, referring to the Aide-Memoire of the Depart-
ment of State dated March 31, 1958 and containing & reply of the
Government of the United States of America to the Aide-Memoire 0f
the Soviet Government dated March 5 conc erning a violation of the
Soviet state border in the Far East by an American military jet air-
C raft, has the honor to communicate the following:
In the reply Aide-Memoire of the Department of State an
2ttempt is made to deny the fact of an American military aircraft
having violated the Soviet border_
As has already been communicated, the Soviet Government has
at its disposal carefully verified data on this violation, the reliability
of Ivhich leaves no room for doubt. According to these data_ on March 2,
1958, at 4:05 a m. Moscow time, an American military reconnaissance
aircraft of the Lockheed U-2 type, having appeared from the direction
of the Sea of Japan, violated the state border of the Soviet Union in the
area of the settlement Velikaya Kema, 32 kilometers south of that
settlement. Then the violating aircraft deeply penetrated the airspace
of the USSR and, after remaining over its territory for a considerable
period of time, passed beyond the limits of the Soviet territory 45 kilo-
meters south of the at 8:11 a m_
In the light of the established facts the reply of the Government
of the United States of America can in no way be recognized as satis -
factory. Naturally, the question arises as to how to explain such &
reply of the American Government: whether it was misled deliberately
by its military representatives in the Far East or wvhether it considered
it possible to protect such persons subordinate to who, wvithout re-
to the possible consequences , sanction violation of Soviet borders,
thus creating 2 threat of international complications-
Olga Bay
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Such a reply of the Government of the United States of America
to the Communication of the Soviet Government cannot fail to cause
serious concern, the more s0 Since the new case of violation of Soviet
airspace took place after warnings on the part of the Government of
the USSR to the effect that American authorities should take the
necessary steps to prevent such violations.
In connection with the foregoing the Soviet Government expects
that the Government of the United States of America will undertake
further investigation of this act of violation of the airspace of the
USSR an
American military aircraft and will punish severely those
guilty of this violation_
The Soviet Government also expects that the Government of
the United States of America will take the necessary steps to prevent
violations of Soviet airspace by American aircraft in the future and
States that ir the event of newv violations full responsibility for their
consequences will rest with the Government of the United States.
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Washington, D C. April 1958
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Swzzzz {f Initial Misgionz
In tne period from 20 June to 10 July 1956 the Soviet Bloc &ir defense
syste 725 Gubjected to elght penetrations of ax unprecedentea nature , seven
Oze 126 Iithin 3 perioa Of only eight dzys _ It mst be remembered that
24 CCEjj-cvides the only basis of judging the performance of the Soviet
6ys 27 Tnis is important because it is clear from RECAL raterial that ?4
cCzs Zereslc 2ir defense business is conductea over landlines 2na thus not
orees.a= 33 COVINE _ Ecwcver , SOzc tegtztive conzlisiczo Tey b2 Zxzwn fron
These initjal flights &n these ere indicated 85 follows:
1 In spite of thc fact that these missions came e5 2 surprise,
20ne 02 them went undetected This_ i8 clear evidence that their
red2r coterege extends above (72,o00 )feet .
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2< By 5 July 1956, the fourth flight, the USSR Of tbe purpose of the mlaglons &nd 7as awere
One positive ection was the
were taking couuter ection.
wission aircraft
was
stenddown of civil flights wile the
believea
over the USSR, and
8 Second action which
is zeleted i8 the noving %f MIG-19 aircraft into
Germany &na Pcland
On 7 July 1956_ Also
East
into Hungary &t about this time_ MIG-l9 's were roveq
3 Ike performance Of the Soviet sygten
on the 2014, TJ3 indeed curious While the ection
5 July nission,
is no: clear an explanation .Vich
evident CO )24
is cfferca 83 foLlows =
appzars to flt the known facts
8 As & result of tbe previous missions Soviets haz cccluded essential 2
the
f.e. that were
facts concerntag the missiors,
feet
)
and that & penetrati
reconnaissance, tbat {lev ebove
on a8 28 Hoscow 12s possible . Brobably surniscd tnat the 5 July nisgion
+as heedea
Tey
tbe track appeered
on 8_ northeasterly for Moscow wben
target when it entered
Soviet
heading.
Tne loss o2 the
tne "rea herring' track
terri- 1ab probably deliberate &nd
or 2 convenience
returnlng to tbe wast Has eitber a
to See that 2
Ceostileoid inorddestingse tiack for all
the system or intruder" M wa5 coming ovrer Moscow zeans aveilable to it_ Tis idea is
witb
of 3 rid nember 288igned in the
supported by the use
mhere the track hed been "lost"
region just beyond tae point
labeled "hostile
or 61
In addl tbe treck wes not
9.Y
baa Passed
intruder" Then it wag broadcast @fter it
2pp2er waa
beyond_MoscOF. The reporting o2 the trzck when it dia only by Moacow and it has stations had beed instructed not to suggested tbat other
ar Iay not be a coincidence tlat
broadcast the track: Further , it 127
exectiy balf Of tbentrdencltibadetbe teerntsbicadcast
was alnost
tbe next missions four
of tbe mission eircraft, but
On
consistently above 9 the altitude reporting was
50,000 feet .
4. By 9 July 1956, in addition to the evident tbezezestlheieht %r th: nission Floghto, recoguition O2
in geperal the performarce of the
trecking
was better &na werning systen was
mruch improvea.
5_ The next 10 1956, the Soviet &ir syaten closed
a 3000 mile track with defense warning
confusion
or track loss .
only two short periods of
with
onorplot Feskelo68,8oltatud Wsponlinsones
over 60,000 feet
q
which was,only 1OO fesz ofz target .
6_ The first eight missions proved
syster 18 deployed in dcpth;
Thls
that the air defenge wrning
of treck &nd most forcefully wes evident frcu both the continuity
intercepts of Soviet Bloc
from the ELIT dte collectea- Some 1461
obtiinad by project ETIIT
as
radara operating
in the 3000 #c/s band were
PATTY CAKE-37, Other 30.
Znesollombers Canot 32, e034r374,"G4GE-26,
dividual radar sets
since the
cannot be equated to in-
Grce 618 TCKEN gites
sane rader pay be intercepted more
Gq
313 ad1tional TOKEI
were located, including 213
new site3 Some signals were identified but aveilable
not peruit deternination
of location SO that it
infornation
cluded tbat these
signals inelude rust be con-
f tha linitatior
ot
both kown and nev siteg_ Because
prectice of
ELINT to the 3000 mc/s band &nd the Sovlet
nuber of radars
collocati-g radars
Cn different frequencies
the total
9f 81t28 _
may be expected to be et least double the number
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Erone
the
6,000)4 they for
taey
deep
tory
dodge
no stop
tion,
bezn
days later,
d23 , July
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7. Confuaion and track loss seemed to be related to the
presence 'Of large nubers of fighters altbough the satuetion pointl
has not bsen deternined because of insufficiert data.
8_ The_question Of raders for height finding, tbe carabilities
of TOKEN in this role, the introduction 02 ROCK CAKES &nd Later
Zevelorments are discussed in enother sectlon_ It is believed,
however , that these issions were 8 catalyst in the introduction
of ROCK CAKEs _
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(Text of Russian Protest: Unofficial Translation)
Embassy of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics 10 July 1956
Note No 23
The Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist
Republics presents its compliments to the Departnent of
State of the United States of America and , acting on in-
structions from the Soviet Government , has the honor to
state the following:
According to precisely verified data, on July 4 of
this year at 8 :18 a . m Moscow Time, a twin-engined nedium
bomber 0f the United States Air Force appeared from the
American Zone of Occupation in Western Gernany and flew over
the territory of the German Democratic Republic entering
the air space of the Soviet Union from the direction of the
Polish People S Republic at 9 :35 in the area of Grodno The
aircraft which violated the air space of the Soviet Union
flew on the route Minsk Vilnyus Kaunas and Kaliningrad_
' penetrating territory of the Soviet Union to the depth of
320 kilometers and remaining over such territory for one
hour and 32 minutes
On July 5 of this year
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at 7 : 41 Moscow Tine . a twin-
engine medium bomber of the United States Air Force coming
from the American Zone of Occupation in Festern Gernany
flew. over the territory of the German Democratic Republic
and at 8 : 54 penetrated the air space of the Soviet Union in
the area of Brest coming from the direction 0f the Polish
People' s Republic The aircraft violating the air frontier
of the Soviet Union flew along the route Brest Pinsk Bara_
novichi, Kaunas and Kaliningrad, having penetrated Soviet
territory to a depth of 150 kiloneters and having renained
one hour and 20 minutes over such territory_ The same day
another twin-engine bomber of the United States Air Force
Department of State of the
United States of America
Washington , D C .
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invaded the air space of the Soviet Union and penetrated
to a significant depth over Soviet territory.
On July 9 there took place new flights of United
States aircraft into the Soviet air space _
The above-mentioned violation of the air frontiers
of the Soviet Union by American aircraft cannot be inter_
preted as other than intentional and conducted for purp_
oses of reconnaissance _
It must be underscored that these gross violations of
the air space of the Soviet Union took place at a time
when, as a result of the efforts of the Soviet Union and
other peace-loving governents a definite lessening of
international tensions has been achieved when relations
between governments are improving , and when mutual confi-
dence between them is growing Such a development of inter-
national relations is fully supported by the peoples of al1
countries who a1e vitally interested in strengthening peace _
One cannot , however fail to recognize that reactionary
circles hostile to the cause of peace in a nunber of coun- tries are worried by the relaxation of international tension
which has taken place _ These circles do everything possible
to interfere with further improvement of relations between
countries and the creation of mutual trust anong them
Among such attempts is the said gross violation by the
American Air Force of the air space of the Soviet Union,
which cons istently carries out a policy of strengthening
peace and broadening businesslike cooperation #ith a11
countries , including the United States of America
In this connection , the fact attracts attention that
the said violations of the ar frontier of the Soviet Union
by American aircraft coincided with the stay of General
Twining , U_ S Air Force Chief of Staff , in the Federal
Republic of Gernany .
The Soviet Governent energetically protests to the
Government of the United States aga inst such gross viola-
tion of the air space of the Soviet Union by American mili-
aircraft and considers this violation a5 an intentional
act of certain circles in the United States_ planned to ag-
gravate relations between the Soviet Union and the United
States of America .
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Calling the attention of the Government of the United
states to the inadmissibility of such violations of the
air space of the Soviet Union by American aircraft
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the
Soviet Government states that a11 responsibility for possible
cons equences of such violations rests with the Government Of
the United States
The Soviet Government expects that steps will be taken
by the Government of the United States to punish those
guilty for the said violations and to prevent such viola_
tions in the future
Washington, D_ C.
July 10 , 1956