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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62B00844R000200200002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 25, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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The Department of State acknowledges receipt of note Nog 9 dated
April 21, 1958 from the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
concerning an alleged violation of the Soviet border in the Far East by
an American military jet aircraft.
As the Department stated in its aide memoire of March 31, 1958
a thorough investigation of the alleged violation has been conducted and it
has been determined that at the time cited in the Embassy's aide memoire of
March 5, 1958 there were no US military aircraft in the vicinityof the place
mentioned in the Soviet aide mernoire either over or outside Soviet territory.
It was also stated in the Department's aide memoire that standing regulations
prohibit United States Naval and Air Force aircraft, conducting routine
weather and training flights over the Sea of Japan, from approaching Soviet
territory.
The United. States Government has nothing further to add to its
aide memoire of March 31, 1958 concerning the alleged incident.
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LS NO. 8795
T.-60/R-13
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AIDE-Qi
According to precisely established data, on March 2,
1958, at 405 hours Moscow time, an American military jet.
aircraft, having appeared from the direetibn of the Sea of
Japan, violated the state border of the Soviet Union in the
area of the settlement of Velikaya Kema and penetrated in-
to the airspace of the Soviet Union, remaining over its
territory for a considerable period of time. Thereafter,
the aircraft left in the direction of the Sea of Japan in
the area south of the Olga Bay.
The information on this violation
been carefully
checked and there is no doubt as to ayAthentcity. The
tilitary representatives of. the United States, who in this
case acted possibly without the knowledge of the Government
of the tt to States wil
V per
s deny' the said v nation,
of i/~.~1 /lnew n A. A - -
as has -been. th6 d oaae_ in _the past. However-. such a denial
cannot eliminate the fact of violation itself. In any case,
the Soviet side would have no interest in commenting on this
incident if it had not actually taken place:
At the present time, when negotiatio . -re b+ei ' conw-
ducted { ;on the holding of a summit;m which could
contribute to an Improvement of relations and to strengthening
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/ C O P Y /
No. 9
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Division of Language Services
(Translation)
The Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics presents its
compliments to the Department of State of the United States of America+% and,
referring to the Aide Memoire of the Department of State dated March 31,
1958 and containing a reply of the Government of the United States of
America to the Aide Memoire of the Soviet Government dated March 5 concerning
a violation of the Soviet state border in the Far East by an American military
jet aircraft, has the honor to communicate the following:
In the reply Aide Memoire of the Department of State an attempt is made to
deny the fact of an American military aircraft having violated the Soviet
border.
As has already been communicated, the Soviet Government has at its
disposal carefully verified data on this violation, the reliability of which
leaves no room for doubt. According to these data, on March 2, 1958,
at 4:05 a.m. Moscow time, an American military reconnaissance aircraft of
the Lockheed U-2 type, having appeared from the direction of the Sea of
Japan, violated the state border of the Soviet Union in the area of the
settlement Velikaya Kemg.,L,lkilometers south of that settlement. Then
the violating aircraft/penet ated the airspace of the USSR arid, after remaining
over its territory for a considerable period of time, passed beyond the
limits of the Soviet territory 45 kilometers south of the Olga Bay at 8:11 a.m.
In the light of the established facts the reply of the Government of the
United States of America can in no way be recognized as satisfactory. Naturally,
the question arises as to how to explain such a reply of the American Government:
whether it was misled deliberately by its military representatives in the Far
East or whether it considered it possible to protect such persons subordinate
to it, who, without regard to the possible consequences, sanction viuation'of
Soviet borders,-thus creating a threat of international complications.
Such a reply of the Government of the United States of America to the
communication of the Soviet Government cannot fail to cause serious concern, the
more so since the new case of violation of Soviet airspace took place after
warnings on the part of the Government of the USSR to the effect that American
authorities should take the necessary steps to prevent such violations.
In connection with the foregoing the Soviet Government expects that the
Government of the United States of America will undertake further investigation
of this act of violation of the airspace of the USSR by an American military
aircraft and will punish severly those guilty of this violation.
The Soviet Government also expects that the Government of the United States
of America will take the necessary steps to prevent violations of Soviet airspace
by American aircraft in the future and states that in the event of new violations
full responsibility for their consequences will rest with the Government of the
United States
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boundaries of the Soviet Union by Afterjean a
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t is absolutely obvious that is the duty of the
overnments of the USSR and the USA to do everything pos-
sible to prevent any acts capable of complicating the
ation and the relations between the Soviet Union and
the USA.
The Soviet Government cannot but protest against the
violations of-Soviet frontiers by, an American military air-
craft and it expects that the Government of the United
States will punish severely those guilty of the violation of
the airspace of the USSR which has taken place and that it
will take steps to prevent such violations in the future.
Taking into account the present situation, where a
spit conference Is being prepared and also the spirit and
purpose of the negotiations being conducted. between our
governments, the Soviet Government would not like to make
this matter public or subject it to discussion
The hope is expressed that this matter will be settled
actorily between the governments of the USSR and the
USA and that there will be no need for the Soviet Government
to r
Lo other means for its settlement.
Washington, March
,nitia
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