MINUTES OF MEETING OF SPECIAL GROUP, 28 JUNE 1962

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• Publication Date: June 28, 1962
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28 June 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting of Special Group, 28 June 1962
PRESENT: General Taylor, Mr. McCone, Mr. Nitze, and Mr. Hughes
Colonel Steakley and Captain Grayson were also present.
1. CIA Monthly Forecast of Overflights
The CIA schedule for July was noted. Specific approval was
given by the Group to the three CORONA sorties scheduled. It was
noted that USIB is considering substituting an ARGON for one CORONA
and the Group deferred to the judgment of USIB on this.
2. Reconnaissance of China and North Viet-Nam
Mr. McCone said that he is asking COMOR to review the four
flights approved for North Viet-Nam which have not yet been flown,
as well as the three outstanding for South China, to justify the
current validity of the projected targets.
said that three high-performance U-2's (U-75) are now on
pilots available. These will be used for
all TACKLE missions. In addition CIA American pilots have been sent
toF _J and DOD has made available there two of the lower
performance vehicles (J-57). These will be available for the North
Viet-Nam missions.
The Group then considered the COMOR paper on reconnaissance of
Communist China, which was considered by USIB yesterday and forwarded
to the Special Group. After discussion, the following decisions were
made:
approved.
a. Tab A (objectives relating to the Taiwan Straits) was
b. Tab B (South China objectives) was approved. Mr.
McCone commented that these targets should be covered in any case and
the flights should proceed as soon as weather permits, without
being held up for the review which he had previously mentioned.
Copy / of 5 copies NSC review(s) completed.
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c. Mr. McCone said that he is not yet ready to recommend
further missions over Northeast China, referred to in Tab C. Any
such recommendation will depend on further analysis of coverage of
d. With respect to the list of Chinese targets of a
generally strategic nature, contained in Tab D, it was decided that
COMOR should examine them further in light of any South China
missions that might be successfully mounted in the near future and
information from satellite photography, and that specific suggested
routes should then be worked out. These will be presented to the
Special Group individually. The same decision applied to Tab E
(Surveillance Objectives in China). Mr. McCone said he hoped to have
the specifics by next week.
The DCI also commented that he would like to be in a position
to have approvals for TACKLE missions targeted against the Chinese
Communist buildup "banked" so as to have two approvals constantly
available in case of a favorable break in the weather. It was noted
that two such approvals are currently outstanding.
Thomas A. Parrott
Distribution
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Gilpatric
Mr. McCone
General Taylor
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