MINUTES OF SPECIAL GROUP MEETING, 5 JANUARY 1962

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: January 5, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT: Minutes of Special Group Meeting, 5 January 1962
PRESENT: General Taylor, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hilsman;
Mr. Gilpatric, General Lemnitzer and Dr. Charyk;
Mr. McCone and Mr. Bissell
1. Briefing on CORONA
results of the CORONA mission of 12 - 16 December. Particularly
stressed was the importance of the U-2 in making the CORONA
production more meaningful.
Mr. Lundahl and briefed the Group on the
2. TACKLE
Following the briefing on CORONA, the Group turned to
consideration of the proposed U-2 reconnaissance of China
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After some discussion the Group approved the three flights
which were approximated on the chart presented, with the under-
standing that the first sortie would follow approximately the
course outlined in red and that each subsequent sortie would be
specifically approved by the Group in the light of experience up
to that time. It was specified further that these flights will
not take place until after the plan for if
required, is worked out in detail on a stern- v-step aria orT.,oa?
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addition, it was asked that the mission not be scheduled on the
same day as the Defense reconnaissance project VALERIE/ARCHER,
directed into the Sea of Okhotsk.
Inter alia, the following points were made during the
discussion:
a. It might be anticipated that these sorties would
suffice for perhaps a year. On the other hand, this estimate
would be subject to radical change if something of great importance
is revealed.
NSC review(s) completed.
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b. These three sample tracks do not reach a small
number of important targets in the far West of Chinal
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c. It can be expected that, once these first
flights are accomplished, will exert pressure to
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Mr. Johnson
Mr. Gilpatric
Mr. McCone
General Taylor
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