U-2 INCIDENT IMPERILS ENTIRE OVERSEAS BASE SYSTEM; SOVIET REACTION SO FAR JUST A PRELUDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600340010-1
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 29, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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CPYRGHT.
Us
1 r,,eident's Dattbts A
far, Policy arded
Tha
iih Small -
.ehttnie'potne.to reply now laws,
yi?cmpbiiit and threats? .ktral forward
the wind that bodes ,galst.'fq:
?
Ill kr. thi United Statei'. ti a r
le
1 Li Statht by President 'AYeb 'air Wing' ill in
Khetrjiine 25, In which he do,. to
,Teree-,
'R. dared :het Pakistanis wirer !to-
? ginhing io doubt" that tlet liev* not be
4 ertiftfintat machinery of the Unit-' aloe.
ed States was attuned to thei ha' ettfpl'.1nrA
ppeare le 101ric0*. ,,savI *rid:*
i.THOMAS. PHILLIPS, U.Sjil
*illeary Analyst of the Posi?Ohmetd?
WASHINGTON. ,f
1HE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OVERSEAS BASE ?
'is in .grave danger since the admission by the Un(teel S
;the U-2 flights were government policy, approvakst the
levels, The 'threats made by the Soviet Union against.
Turkey Norway, T and Japan are qply the first stepik eectuppain
!that will increase in violence. ?
: In the days bctween May 1, and Nike-HaretBes.- *tisanes
when the U-2 plane came down,, capable of firing nuclear ?tar-
and May when the Soviets an-i heads. are enplaned in Oldnatea.
flounced it, one can reconatructi With masslyit Catranunist help
'the continuous discussions in the, In money, leadership and inert.;
.Kremlin to decide what line to. !ration, sentiment In Japan-wee
take. (Unfortunately, no sucii; not difficult to organize egainsta
thoughtful meetings were :le; the ratifies* of the Toittuot
:progress in the top Administra security '
tion levels in the United States.)! apirast
If the flight tvas made public,." Elseqhplort,
if it was admitted that an Amer14 (dam,
can airplane had penetrated 1300. .reegze, the
,rniles inside the Soviet Union, Nike...Herta
;without being ? shut down, it ego aid
.would appear ? to the outside lierctdes,
uorid and to the Russian and rubber' 11
.satellite populations that Soviet propellant.
,defenses ,,were;helpless,,against. described
'American airetaft.' newspa
' But if the, (WI .,e the, cap- argentite .
-tire of the plehe and pilot were
reade public.. It would give the States be
? Pussians **agenda weapon view
of high credibility' in its cow and the
paign agattiet:, American over-. to JaPati4
seas bases:? It'would also pro- w
vide a lever iteraise doubts about p
American goodfaith M all inter-, the
national conferences.?? ' dent?Pald
*with Jafiell firld
It of P
?Protest. '
di bctWfl
&fens
'Reopens.
lome bit
of the
,to earth:
'
'In
Was not h
en se
Went, U
Gavernmee hi
.of nuclear*ai -
?f4tr reverilen
WEAN GIVEN
.0a4 tiorar
the U4
f?ind Norway
tO? ic
ghwata
eked and
-2 *lora
-ea
t by 10), Deka&
Norw4. had beettaid
meeker- l'a-MAWS.4
rata of :teat: *Kt!
Er P...1**
dispensed witI4 '?but
milty? They now are it
focralert forces th,it stay tw
three weeks. ?Jet., time. of
loicadd b.. lie
arid rec
a !anion.
, int 'for troop Movtunentil
'lit limited warfare situst10104
inertias pares.intended mit ?
fo5 the Strategic ktr Conti
Ood td's fnvalaabfe, actitallY
apengsilile. This is because an '
?rne mcivsanent over great
*antes ,f,s .cgrried the'
art of the wity by long range
-
agate.. *Pftielitt 1006,
al Bal Iti stated that teitiliati, .trit?gic trGeePerte et'd then le-It''
was, hundreds of kihmteters ... itt"'lehicb. trerstreeP" '''' '
caning the radius of eba radio, btli ?CaJt .JuiriP '$e'that can land i
ive hike? grid
,.. . ,.,.., -r , ist,seort rsnyotys.- - ? 1
,,PEitiTAOMPLAh.'NERAI. tear ,
mdd be? left of ,41 it p Iklisiiuctive-.05ut.f4 '
Other le,. 'A te to
destruction of nudist, IteeP and reloaded' on slower
he Same
ird0
TIIE.PEOISiON tte Make th**; claimed
flight ,publi,as taken. The ability of tkind. TurkbY
lever was uiedto break up the the threatoa stride. We,
Paris suoiirti(feepference, cast.f, ready be stihrth With 10 min
ing tbe blarne upon .the United warning. thelurks declared.
Srates aid then to beet., up the ? But in December 1037,
.onet a coif ereece on disarma. -van. ?had?aisureel. .the
ram. file conference consider- Union thatIlf had no-int
Mg a bar on atomic testing ma)i of granting baits to the Uni
be next. ?;, ?.Sisiies. TfiliNvis during a in
tve campaign of proper
nd threats directed against
jXintiOht$ allied 3with the Unit
?States that listed for about
.relr in 1937 and 1938.
()day Paleistan le faced will
he fact that the V.2 .took ofl
Brom a base ernittiucte-d"by ths
? The long-range , campaign
against United states obeteseas
bases has not eet. started. Tht
U-2 Incident was made use of in
Japan and Okinawa to exae.er
bate sentiment already in P).-
tence against americailhasele
lie ,tapane,e iid Okinawan'
( r' I" f I Apprpveci F6 kitiMedtifilitif
,
/*A
avt? recede
pril 9,, the
ended ?,?tiltet
ase in /Aye
bs-
What hai akin
$ only a clearingo?
he real.
tilted States overses
et to start. It 1011
he almost is
ears ago
What If the
ceasful in et
he....Ftr2*814.
efended without Ist I
e defense of Kornis also the
efisnee of Japan. Japancan not
ow. and prolith6e4iidee colts
efend itself with Its wa re
urces.
THE BASES ON 011NAWA
e endankart.4 iy the to'
nninent that ex
rid, in addition,'
? die :z.ritli4,7
ittd1117:4
lug ther eCcAele;140,14
inootheenta-an
perl;OCitte free% Wilt
od "in Which '11.**
tesaudiorities -were'
not
gito a *ekaidipablo
for the: downed
letfit deditaA
to idmit that-
United States airplaMhad
rated 1300 mile* Mtn'SovIet
len . to lath'a we e tobe
Lint thiktid f. allies
L. eVerOrberit.
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