THE MOST QUIET AMERICAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400210001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
• Content Type: TRANS

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AMERICAN" Komsomol'skaya ravda, 3 December 1966
[This is a translation of an article by V. BOLISHAKOV, published
in Komsomol'skaya Pravda, 8 December 1966.1
Six automobiles -- long limousines with shades drawn over their
dark windows -- are being driven at high speed on the highway from Los
Angeles, their brakes screaming at the sharp curves. After crossing
a pass, the lights of Burbank appear in the valley. Somewhere down there,
the conveyer belts of Lockheed aircraft plants are constantly on the move.
Several miles before reaching Burbank, the mysterious cavalcade of
cars turns off the highway and soon the limousines stop at a barrier
bearing the sign "Private road. No trespassers allowed.", There is a
check of documents, and 15 minutes later another barrier, behind which
Is a tall iron gate with the sign "Property of Lockheed Corporation."
A stout little man in an old-fashioned, baggy suit approaches the
limousines and gets into the first car. The cavalcade moves on across
an airfield and soon stops in front a low hanger, inside of which a
dim light is barely noticeable.
Together with "Shorty" -- who is the chief designer of the Lockheed
Aircraft Corporation, Clarence (Kelly) Johnson, -- a tall man gets out
of the first car; he holds himself erect like a telephone pole and his
hat is pulled down low over his forehead. "So this is your 'burrow',
Kelly?" he asks.
"Yes, Dick. This is the 'Polecat's (Ferret's) Burrow'." [or
'Skunk's"!]'
"Well, lets see what kind of an odor your burrow has, Kelly."
Inside the hanger, in the bluish light of neon lamps, stood a low,
narrow-winged pLane, painted black.
This was in January i955. On that day, in the supersecret labora-
tory of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Kelly Johnson demonstrated
his creation -- the U-2 spy plane -- to Richard Reims, Deputy Director
for Planning of the CIA.
Eleven years have gone by since then. QaiLe a number of Vblatk"
birds have come out of this "burrow." And Richard Helms, who made his
career with the help of these "birds", became at first the chief of the
Planning Department, and in June of this year -- director of CIA.
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presented its top awards to A L
Force Chief of Staff Gen. Curtis
E. LeMay, Aircraft Designer
Clarence L. (Kelly) Johnson
a n d- Pulitzer Price-winning
? Newsman Mark S. .Watson of
the Baltimore Sun.
Gen. LeMay received the top
award, the H. He Arnold trophy,
as "Aerospace Man of the
Year" at a black-tie banquet for
the 2,700 delegates to the asso-
ciation's annual convention in
Washington, which ended yes-
terday.
He was cited for "enlightened
and aggressive leadership in
behalf of higher status for the
military career, greater pro-
fessionalism in military service
and increased security for mili-
tary duty."
Mr. Johnson, designer of the
supersonic A-11 research air-
craft, now known as the YF-12A,
received the Theodore Von
Kerman trophy for outstanding
aerospace achievement in
science.
Won Last Year
He is vice 'president for ad-
vanced development projects at
the Lockheed Aircraft Corp.,
Burbank, Calif., and also won
the award last year.
Mr. Watson, winner of a
Pulitzer Prize in 1945, was cited
for "contributing to greater
public understanding of the role
of aerospace power in .national.
security.',
A posthumous award went to
the late Lt. Col. Robert M.
Crawford, composer of the Air
Force song, "Off We Go Into
the Wild Blue Yonder.", The
award was accepted by his
widow, Mrs. Hester Crawford of
'Gen LeMay presented the Air
gran IA Milt._ on
port, Miss., a u-26 pilot who:
wag killed last year ,in combat;
in via Nam. By wipubLiii; Lls
p ORO V
oluntarily iv a low.
night near hiliduLL Via amg
machine-gun, installations last
November 24, Capt. Cody forced
the enemy to reveal positions
that led to their destruction by
other aircraft. ?
' Pins Medal on Son
Gen. LeMay pinned the medal
on Howard Cody, jr., son of the
pilot, and presented the citation
to Mrs. Cody and the flier's
parents. ?
Earlier, President Johnson in
a message to the AFA conven-
tion had urged continued effort ,
to assure that military men and
their families "are adequately
provided for and properly re-
compensed" for their sacrifices.
Mr. Johnson said the welfare
of citizens in uniform is of great '?
and continuing concern, not
merely as a matter of justice or ,
equity but from hard common
sense.
"The Nation needs now, per-
haps as never before, profes-
sional career servicemen with
talen t, training, imagination ' ?
and versatility," Mr. Johnson
said. ?
The President's message was
contained in 'a letter read to the
4,000 convention delegates by '
the outgoing AFA president, Dr.
W. Randolph Lovelace II, Al-
buqugrque, N. Mex.
The convention heard Air
Force Secretary Zuckert uphold
the present tri-service system of ;
national defense and declare'
that the ? United States could
never,. go back to the former ?,
single system.
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