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IDEALIST SCOPE PEDAL 

CONTINGENCY PLAN 

"U-2 Reconnaissance of Cambodia", BYE 8868~68, dated 

12 March 1968. 

II. AUTHORITY: 

This contingency plan was approved by the Director, 

National Reconnaissance Office, as Chairman, Interdepartmental Contingency Planning Committee, upon advice and 

guidance of the committee membership on 25 March 1968. 

III. GENERAL: 

The Royal Thai Government in approving the current BUS 

STOP IDEALIST operation from Takhli requested coverage of 

Cambodian territory along their borders. Approval for these 

proposed missions has been received from the 303 Committee. 

The customary security measures utilized during the 

BUS STOP operation will be taken to suppress knowledge of 

the presence of the U-2's at Takhli. All inquiries related 

to presence of the U-2 at Ban Takhli will be referred to the 

Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. No statement will 

be issued prior to DOD, CIA, State Department coordination. 

IV. POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES: 

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A. Loss of aircraft over Cambodia: In view of the 

limited penetration of Cambodian air space, i.e, up to 20 NM, 

there is only a remote possibility that the aircraft will be 

forced to land in Cambodian territory. However, in the event 

of such an inCident, no statements will be issued until the 

completion of a review of all known factors involved. After 

this review, the 303 Committee may authorize the Department 

of State to issue an appropriate statement. 

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B. Protest without incident: Should a successful 

flight evoke a protest by the Cambodian government, the 

matter will be referred through appropriate channels to the 

Department of State, Washington, D.C., who, following consultation with the 303 Committee, will pursue an appropriate 

course of action. 

C. Emergency landing or loss of the aircraft in 

Thailand: In the event of a loss or an emergency landing 

at an area other than Takhli, which results in queries from 

the public news media, which require a response, the flight 

should be described as a routine training flight within 

Thailand, without any further explanation of its origination or destination. Such a statement, however, will only 

be issued after Headquarters coordination. 

III. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PILOT: 

A. The pilot will be instructed that in the event he is 

forced to land in Cambodia, he will maintain that he is an 

American civilian test pilot for LAC engaged in a routine 

aircraft mechanical checkout flight. He may state that his 

flight originated at Ban Takhli, and was to return to Ban 

Takhli. Navigational error accounted for his inadvertent 

intrusion into Cambodian air space. He will request that 

American authorities be advised of his emergency landing. 

All further questions will be politely but firmly rejected. 

B. The pilot will be provided with bogus flight maps 

which will coincide with his green card so that in the event 

of a confrontation, he may revert to the position that he 

made navigational errors. In the event of an emergency landing 

in Cambodia, the pilot will make every attempt to destroy his 

true maps and logs prior to his landing, and he will be specifically instructed to protect the true purpose of his flight. 

The pilot will carry only his LAC and normal FAA documentation. 

IV. AIRCRAFT MARKINGS: 

The aircraft will carry the normal tail numbers without 

any further identifying insignia. 

V. COORDINATION: 

The following named individuals are being furnished a 

copy of this document. 

Dr. Alexander Flax - D/NRO 

Mr. Peter Jessup - Executive Office of the President 

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Brig Gen Paul N. Bacalis - D/SA, Central Intelligence 

Agency 

Col Frank W. Hartley, Jr. - AFRDR 

Mr. Thomas Hughes - D/INR, Department of State 

Brig Gen Ralph D. Steakley - JCS 

Col Francis R. Cappelletti - DIA 

Maj Gen William Co Garland - SAFOI 

The CIA is responsible to insure that the CIA detachment 

commander and appropriate, cleared representatives of Lockheed 

Aircraft Corporation are advised of the contents of this plano 

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