FLARE HITS CHINESE BOAT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-461-3-17-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: June 29, 1972
• Content Type: MEMO

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/04/27: LOC-HAK-461-3-17-8
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TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY June 29, 1972
SUBJECT: Flare Hits Chinese Boat
As instructed by General Haig, and after quickly confirming the details
with Jon Howe, I called Mrs. Shih at 12:45 p. rn. today concerning the
incident in which one of our flares hit a Chinese ship.
I told Mrs. Shih that my boss had asked me to call her to say that we
had just received a report that within the last 24 hours one of our flares
had hit a Chinese ship near Honla Island due to a malfunction in the
parachute. I said that we regretted this incident which was, of course,
an accident and due to the fact that the parachute had not functioned
properly, perhaps because the flare had burned it. I asked her to pass
this information to her boss.
She had no comment except to check with me the spelling of Honla
Is land.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
cc: Dr. Kissinger
General Haig
TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/04/27: LOC-HAK-461-3-17-8