SR-71 FEATURE STORY IN SAGA MAGAZINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00724R000100090014-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 3, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: SR-71 Feature Story in SAGA Magazine
1. This memorandum'is for information only.
2. Attached at Tab "A" is a copy of a feature story
currently appearing in the November'issue of SAGA magazine.
3. I have requested that the appropriate personnel
in the Office of Special Activities review this document
to determine whether there has been any security com-
promise involved. Their evaluation resulted in the
following conclusions:
a. There is little, if anything, in the arti-
cle which has not previously been published, with
the exception of the blatant fabrications which
the author has added to provide a new twist to an
old subject.
b. Even those elements of the story which have
long been in the public domain are, in this publi-
cation, studded with glaring inaccuracies and
mis-statements.
4. It is interesting to note that insofar as we
have been able to determine, this article has created
no particular stir in either lay, military, or technical
aviation circles. The dailies have not picked it up and
we are unaware of any queries resulting from its publi-
cation. This is rather provocative from the standpoint
that had we deployed the A-12 to Okinawa, this is exactly
the type of article which we might have anticipated would
appear. It's failure to have any significant impact is
somewhat enlightening, and, I might add, encouraging.
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