MISSION (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00159R000400140111-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 111
• Publication Date: October 4, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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FROM: B/GEN BEVAN
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SUBJECT: MISSION C-301C
NOW THAT MSN C03010 IS HISTORY, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD
BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SURROUNDING ITS
APPROVAL.,
LERTED THE MISSION ON 30 SEP 7L--THE NEXT
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MORNING ON 1 OCT _71 WE ;RE.ALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED
[APPROYAL'FOR THE OCT MISSIONS.
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MISSIONS UNTIL AFTER THE PEKING TRIP. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE
LAST MOMENT THAT
PAS ABLE TO GET A VERBAL
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OKAY ON THE MISSION FROM GEN HAIG. NORMALLY WEB OV a HAVE
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HQS GAVE THE GO AHEAD BASED ON UTHORITY AND FURTHER
THAT THERE REMAINS SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO THESE MISSIONS.
2. .WITH THIS BACKGROUND, YOU CAN APPRECIATE THAT I WAS
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COULD GIVE SUPPORT TO THE'OPPONEX S..OF THE TACKLE :PROGRAM,
EVEN MORE SERIOUS EXAMINATION OF ACTUAL TRACK SHOWS
THAT LIGHT PATH WENT WELL WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF
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 I NOW WONDER IF THE
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THE SAM SITE LOCATED-ON NORTH PART.OF THE SHANTUNG
PENINSULA. EVEN A SAM FIRING THAT MISSED WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
ISCUSSION IS SUFFICIENT
TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF THING FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
3. WE ARE ,IN PROCESS. OF PREPARING THE NEW WENCHOW.
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