CABLE (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00159R000400100030-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2006
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: August 5, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T 0509452 CITE I
1IDEALIST TACKLE
1814, PARA. 6
1. ON 2 AUGUST WE AGAIN RAISED WITH
QUESTION OF AN AGREED
PUBLIC STATEMENT IN THE EVENT OF AN
ACCIDENT DURING TRAINING MISSION.
4!AS REMINDED
THAT AT THE 1 JULY DISCUSSIONS OF THIS SUBJECT, HE HAD SAID
THEN THAT HE WOULD TAKE UP THE QUESTION WITH
kESPONDED BY INDICATING HE KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT WE WERE REFERRING TO, SbYING THAT
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DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM, ONLY ASKING HIM WHY HE WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT *CCIDENTS.I IDID NOT WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT MADE HIS HEAD HURT.
PROMPTLY !WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE ASSURED US THAT IN
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THE EVENT OF A FUTURE ACCIDENT (HE MADE CLEAR HE WAS SPEAKING
, HE WOULD TAKE PROMPT ACTION TO ASSURE THAT
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OR DEFENSE MINISTER
FOR THE RELEASE OF A PUBLIC STATEMENT. HE
SAID, IN ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION, THAT HE WOULD USE THE TEXT
OF THE 22 JUNE 66 STATEMENT WE PREPARED I
F THE 313RD AIR DIVISION THAT EVENING AS THE
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AUTHORITY WAS OBTAINED FROM
BASIS FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS. HE DID NOTE THATI
ACTUAL STATEMENT DID NOT EXACTLY FOLLOW THE LINES OF THE AGREED
STATEMENT BUT DID NOT COMMENT ON THAT FACT. ACCORDING TO
3. AS WE LEFT, WE ASKED
TO SEND OUR OFFICE
j A COPY OF THE STATEMENT WHICH HE INTENDED TO USE AS THE BASIS
FOR ANY FUTURE RELEASES. WE DID THIS JUST TO BE SURE WE KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD IN HAND. WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED IT,
4. WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS ONLY ONE INTERIM STEP IN
ACHIEVING MORE FORTHCOMING
S E C R E T
S E C R E T PAGE TWO
BEHAVIOR THIS REGARD, BUT IT IS
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AT LEAST SOME ADVANCE. IN A PINCH9
TO CARRY THE DAY WITH
MAY NOT BE ABLE
BUT HOPEFULLY L JI ILL BE
ADDING HIS VOICE TO OURS IN ELICITING A CONSTRUCTIVE
STATEMENT AS EARLY IN THE GAME AS THE SITUATION MERITS.
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5. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT I ASIC DRAFT STATEMENT 25X1
(PARR 3 ABOVE) WILL NOT FIT ALL SITUATIONS, BUT WE WILL STAY
ON THIS AND FASHION AS GOOD AND AS FIRM AN AGREED PROCEDURE
AS WE CAN WITH IN THE ACTUAL EVENT, HOWEVER, THE 25X1
OPERATIVE QUESTION WILL DOUBTLESS BE WHETHER THE SITUATION
NECESSITATES ANY STATEMENT WHEREIN L__j{AS TO ADMIT A PLANE
LOSS. I FT THAT TIME WILL THUS CONTINUE
TO HANG IN LARGE MEASURE ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS AT THE
LOCALE OF THE PLANE LOSS -e AND HOW WELL INFORMED
HAS BEEN ABLE KEEP
S E C R E T TOR: 05123OZ .,AUG ?66
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