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SUBJECT: Minutes of t;he Meeting of the 303 Committee, 29 April 1969 

PRESENT: Mr. Kissinger, Mr. Mitchell, ~fr. Packard, Mr. Johnson, 

and Mr. Helms 

May 

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Mr. 

Gen. 

Colonel Alexander Haig, Mr. Will iarn Trueheart, Brigadier 

General Ralph D. Steakley, and Brigadier General Donald H. 

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2. SAFSS Forecast for May 1969 

The SAFSS forecast for May .1969 was approved with the following · 

exceptions: 

a. During the discussion of resurnption of JRC reconni.1issanc0 

flights, Mr. Helms asked if the President had also approved resumption of the SAFSS U-2 Ph0to/ELINT peripheral missions of Communist 

China which approach no closer than 20 n.m. to the China mainland. 

The Chairman stated he had not discussed these specific flights with 

the President but would do so. 

b. On 30 April 1969, the President approved resumption of the 

SAFSS U-2 peripheral missions. 

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c. The four 14 7 H/T drone missions scheduled over South China 

during May were deferred until June. Because of the altered situation 

resulting from the shoot-down of the EC-121M and ensuing stand-down of 

reconnaissance missions since 15 April, it was considered important 

not to give Peking a pretext right now to shoot down one of our 

peripheral recon:1aissance aircraft. It was believed that reinstitution 

of drone flights at this moment might well provide Peking such a pretext. 

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Mr. ,Packord 

Mr. Johnson 

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An extract from the special Minutes of the 303 Committee meeting held on 

17 June 1969 is .s1.it forth below for your information. 

(PRESENT: Mr. Kipsinger, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Packard, 

Mr. U. Johnson, and Mr. Helms ) 

2. Discussion of Procedure~ Governing Policy Approval of the 

Monthly Bank of IDEALIST/TACKLE Peripheral Missions 

a. Mr. Packard stated that under present procedures ho 

advance tracks are provided for the monthly bank of four U-2 

Photo/ELINT peripheral flights of Communist China flown under 

CIA auspices. Normally, the JRC receives only 24 hours advance 

notice of the tracks to be flowri by these missions, and this 

does not always allow sufficient time for appropriate notifications and replies to and from Air Poree elements in the field. 

General Steakley added th~t a 48-hour advance notification would 

be adequate. 

b. Mr. Parangosky pointc<l ouc that th~se missions are 

contingent upon favorable weath0r conditions. Any given track 

to be flown is based upon a 29-hour advance weather forecast, 

and it is therefore not fe.:isiblc co provide JRC a 48-hour 

advance notification. 

c. Mr. Helms suggested developing a coordinated library 

· of tracks of missions to be flown dcp~ndi2r,t upon weather 

conditions. All agreed that this would be an acceptable 

solution co the problem. 

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