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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000100210060-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: August 2, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. THE THIRD SCOPE SHIELD MISSION WAS FLOWN ON 21 J'ULY?9?3.
THE NPIC HAS MADE WHAT THEY CONSIDER A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF
THE TRACKER FILM TO SHOW WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY WENT.
THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF THE LOG WHICH WE RECEIVED. THE FIRST
IS'EM IS THE FRAME NUMBER OF THE TRACKER FILM (THE TRACKER FILM
WILL BE SENT TO YOU SHORTLY). THE SECOND ITEM IS THE NADIR
LATITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE THIRD ITEM IS THE NADIR LONGITUDE
OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS THE HEADING OF THE
AIRCRAFT.
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FOR THEIR COMPUTATION. EARLER, THEY HAD USED A COMPUTATION
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT NPIC HAS USED THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM
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2. - YOU CAN PLOT THESE TO SEE WHERE NPIC CLAIMS THE
AIRCRAFT WAS DURING THIS MISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
BASED ON THE H CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH SHOWED A DIFFERENT
TRACK OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH MORE CLOSELY FOLLOWED THE
PLANNED TRACK. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE "CRAFT CAME AS CLOSE
AS 8 MILES FROM THE SHORE AT ONE POINT AND AS CLOSE AS 3 MILES
FROM AN ISLAND AT ANOTHER POINT.
3. WHEN DR. KISSINGER SIGNED THE CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE U. S. AGREED TO OBSERVE THE TERRITORIAL
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INTEGRITY OF THE NVN. THIS IS INTERPRETED TO OBSERVING A
NV CLAIMED TERRITORIAL LIMIT OF 12 MILES FROM THE SHORELINE AS
WELL AS 12 MILES FROM OFFSHORE ISLANDS. THE PLANNED FLIGHT
TRACKS OF THESE MISSIONS OBSERVE THESE LIMITATIONS. ALL OTHER
MILITARY AIRCRAFT (USAF, NAVY, ETC.) ALSO OBSERVE THESE
LIMITATIONS. WHILE ON ONE HAND I CANNOT VOUCH FOB THE ACCURACY
OF THE NPIC PROJECTIONS, ON THE OTHER NAND I CAN'T DISCLAIM IT.
I DO FEEL THAT IN SPITE OF OUR EAGERNESS TO OBTAIN GOOD
PHOTOGRAPHY, WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STRICTLY OBSERVE THESE
LIMITATIONS. ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT I RECEIVED THE NPIC TRACK,
I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THAT HANOI RADIO HAD
MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT OVERFLIGHTS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION
SHOW THAT THE HANOI RADIO COMPLAINTS WERE NOT DIRECTED ON
? THE DAY WE FLEW AND NOW THE GENERAL CONCLUSION ISM THAT IT WAS
ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. NONETHELESS, I FEEL OBLIGED TOMAKE SURE
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THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS WHERE WE WERE FLYING AND ACCORDINGLY
HAVE FURNISHED THEM A MAP OF OUR PLANNED TRACK, THE NPIC PLOT OF
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FAR I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PRESSURE FROM UP ABOVE TO DIS-
CONTINUE THESE FLIGHTS OR TO TAKE ANY SPECIFIC ACTION AS A RESULT.
4. AS A SEPARATE ACTION, FOR THE LAST CURRENTLY APPROVED
SCOPE SHIELD MISSION,W E ARE PROPOSING TO THE 40 COMMITTEE
SPECIAL ONE-TIME AUTHORITY TO VIOLATE THE 12 MILE RESTRICTION
AROUND ONE OF TWO ISLANDS SO AS TO GET BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY
OF EITHER ONE OF TWO AREAS, I. E., THE DMZ OR HAIPHONG HARBOR.
IF IN FACT THIS REQUEST IS ,;'.r. YOU WILL RECEIVE THESE
ROUTES AND THERE WILL BX A NOTATION POINTING OUT THE EXACT PLACE
OR PLACES THAT THE 12 MILE RESTRICTIONS FROM OFFSHORE ISLANDS
IS WAIVED. THIS WOULD BE DONE ON A SPECIFIC MISSION BASIS AND
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ANTICIPATE ANY REQUEST BY THIS OFFICE FOR WAIVER OF THE 12 MILE
RESTRICTION FROM THE SHORELINE.
5. YOU MAY DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH PERSONNEL ON YOUR
STAFF WHO HAVE A NEED TO KNOW AND SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE DRIVERS WHO MAY FLY THESE MISSIONS ARE AWARE
OF THIS.
6. FOR TAKE ANY STEPS YOU FEEL
APPROPRIATE TO ESTABLISH TRAINING FLIGHTS OFFSHORE SO THAT
THE DRIVERS MAY PRACTICE AND SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS IN MAINTAINING
A 12 MILE DISTANCE FROM SHORELINE AND OFFSHORE ISLANDS.
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