CABLE TO PRIORITY (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69B00041R000700060048-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: September 17, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. GENERATION, TAKEOFF, DEPARTURE, RECOVERY, ALL OK. BASE
SUPPORT AND TANKER SUPPORT EXCELLENT. A C-133 BLOCKED RUNWAY WITH
ONE RETRACTED GEAR TRUCK REQUIRING USE OF SOUTH RUNWAY AND 9181"0
FEET; OFF ON TIME WITH EVERYTHING OK.
2. ESSA-2 WEATHER LOOKED GOOD ON HEIt 17/009.142 PASS OVER TARGET
AREA. NIMBUS-2 ALSO LOOKED GOOD ON HER 17/04182 PASS OVER TARGET
AREA. STEELBRIDGE WEATHER DETERIORATED BUT CONTACT WAS MADE IN
CLEAR AND BULK OF FUEL WAS TAKEN IN HEAVY CIRRUS.
3. COMMUNICATIONS WERE GOOD EXCEPT INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF
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FILLING IN BLANKS. SEL-CALL FAILED TO WORK DURING INITIAL PART
OF MISSION BUT STARTED TO WORK LATER ON -- REASONS UNKNOWN AT
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POUNDS BELOW THE CURVE GOING INTO STEELBRIDGE. FORWARD BY-PASS
DOOR ON ONE SIDE KEPT COMING OPEN AND IN MY OPINION MOST LIKELY
CAUSE OF DEGRADED CURVE. TEMPERATURES WERE HOTTER THAN BRIEFED
AT ALTITUDE. WE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE INLET PROBLEM, WE
ARE NOT FIGHTING PROBLEM OF FLYING ROUTE AS BRIEFED ALTHOUGH IT
MAY APPEAR SO TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
5. FUEL GAGE FLUCTUATED TO 79,1Rfn@ POUNDS ON TWO OCCASIONS
DURING FIRST LEG.
6. CAMERA APPEARED NORMAL AND TRANSPORTED 280 FEET,
7. IN CONCLUSION WE ANTICIPATE GOOD RESULTS FROM TODAYS
GO; KEEP EM COMING.
T O P S E C R E T TOR: I7F914Z SEP 67
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