U.S., JAPANESE EXPERTS TO STUDY MIG, TOKYO SAYS

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2016-00620
• Publication Date: September 19, 1976

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Japanese and American experts will
dismantle and inspect the top-secret
supersonic Sovie.t Nlig,-25 flown to Ja-
pan by a defecting Russian pilot, a
Japanese government spokesman in
Tokyo said yesterday.
"We received word through the For-
eign Ministry that the U.S. military
promised to cooperate 'under Japan's
initiative' for dismantling, transfer-
ring and inspecting" the plane, the
spokesman said. "We plan to begin
dismantling the jet Sunday."
Meanwhile, the West German
weekly news magazine Stern reported
yesterday that the Soviet pilot, 1st Lt.
Viktor Belenko,. was perstiaded to de-
fect by an Austrian engineer wofleing
for the Central Intelligence Agency.
The magazine said Japanese author-
ities were told to expect the pilot's ar-
rival at least 10 days before the jet.
codenamed Foxbat by NATO, touched
down at a Japanese civilian airport
Sept. 6.
Quoting reliable Western sources,
Stern said the pilot was first-. ap-
proached in August 1974 at an East-
West symposium- on space and high-
level flight being held at Tsakhikad-
soy in the Soviet Republic of Armenia.
The Austrian engineer who reportediy
approached Belenko was not identi-
fied by the magazine.
The Soviet flyer was one of three
Mig-25 pilots who had been selected
by the CIA as a possible defector. the
magazine said. Belenko spoke ,,00tt
English and was having difficulties
with his superior officers. according
to Stern. -
The difficulties coiminmed shortly
before his defection in a disciplinary
hearing at which Beler;�) was ccci
of "luxurious extravaziances." lie was
penalized by being posted to a Sibe-
rian base.
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There was _no explanation of why if
Belenko were under a cloud the Sovi-
ets allowed him to keep flying the
Mig-25.
At the time of his defection, Stern
said, Bele.nko's jet was escorted by an-
other Mig-25 on a natrol flight. To
lose the escort, the report said, Be-
lenko feigned engine trouble and
slowed down his jet to save fuel.
Following emergency procedures,
the escort circled over the supposedly
disabled jet until its own fuel supply
ran too low for it to pursue Belenko's
suddenly accelerating plane, Stern
said.
Belenko was granted asylum in the
United States a week ago.
There was no U.S. comment on the
Jitpanese report that Japanese and
LS. experts will dismantle the Mig.
The Islyodo news service reported that
Lt. Gen. Walter T. Galligan, com-
mander of U.S. forces in Japan, had
met with Japanese air self defense
force authorities.
Ther have been reports that the
agency hopes to borrow a giant Amer-
ican C-5A. transport plane to transfer
the Soviet aircraft from Ilakodate air-
port in northern Japan, where it
landed, to a Japanese air base.
The aircraft flies at speeds of up to
2,000 miles per hour at 80,000 feet.
Informed sources have said the air-
erail is less advaned than previously
believed. They compared it with a
"manned rocket." the sources said one
of the biggest surprises is that it has
no parachute ejection gear for the pi-
lot.
The plane was described as a high-
alt itude, high-speed interceptor rathec
than a fighter.
-iThe Soviet Union has demanded re-
peatedly that the jet be returned.
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