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Attachment To:

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SUBJECT:

DDS&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, on 20 February 1957, the second echelon

of administrative personnel departed 4 March, and the main

body of the detachment with two U-? aircraft and equipment

began deployment on 15 March.

On 29 Narch Headquarters was

notified that all personnel and equipment were on base.

the following major U.S. components:

..... c.....

Far East Air Force

caDe cast 1016s

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-May 1957 the Detachment had flown 30 sorties.

All 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 USSR from Atsugi occurred

on March 1958 and this flight was the only and last flight.

This flight,

was tracked

as other previous flignts by other Detachments,

by Russian 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 of the Soviet

Aide Memoires of S March and 21 April 1958 (Tab A).

went. The Detachment continued to perform non-USSR missions

in the Far East area until the Powers flight of i May 1960.

Redeployment of the Detachment began in early July, the

last U-2 aircraft departed Japan on 9 July and all personnel

and other equipment cleared the base and turned the facilities

back to the Navy on 19 August 1960.

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CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

During the deployment of Detachment C it perförmed

approximately: 86 operational missions, of these only 43

originated and recovered at Atsugi.

Any and all information pertaining to the take-

offs

and landing's of the U-? at Atsugi, Japan,

limited to the years 1959 through 1962:

We have been unable to locate files which would?

contain logs of all take-offs and landings of the U-?

aircraft assigned to Detachment C.

In addition to

the mission flights stated above we must assume 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.

2602002381

Any and all information concerning-the radar

procedures,

facilities,

and 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 floor

or agreements with the local Navy base at Atsugi.

3.

Any

and all information pertaining to contact

between Marine Air Control Squadron #1, Air

Group II, Ist Marine Wing, and U-2 personnel

at

Atsugi, Japan, including but not limited to

housing, recreational,

and eating facilities"

limited to the years 1959 through 1962

We have not identified any relationship between

Detachment C and Marine Air Control Squadron #1.

the subject of housing,

we have noted that late in

1957 families were permitted at Detachment C: and as

a result housing was provided in the compound assigned

the

he Agency Support Unit and ten houses were rented

on the local

market.

4.

Any and all information pertaining to defectors

with knowledge of the U-2 program

The DDS&T has not located any information pertaining

to defectors.

We defer this request to the DDO.

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Any and all information within the U-2 program

file pertaining to defectors with knowledge of

the U-2 program.

See above.

Any and all information concerning Soviet knowledge dochetton

of the U-2 program previous to May 1, 1960.

Part:

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

406228

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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