HANOI ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES TODAY OF RESUMING SPY FLIGHTS OVER NORTH VIETNAM FOLLOWING STEPPED-UP FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNIST TROOPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-187-7-53-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: November 10, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-7-53-9
RY ARTHUR HIGPEF
SA IRON (UPI) -- HANOI ACCUSED THF" UNTTFP STATES TOrAY OF.PFStTMINr
SPY FLTC-.HTS OVER NORTH VIETNAM FOLLO"TNG STEPPED-UP F1 PTINC TM TPF,
SOJ1TH RFTWEFN GOVERNMENT A'N1!m C0MMIJ"1TST TROOPS.
A U.S. GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, NO!*'EVEP, nE'!JTFT' THE CPAPCES AND SAID,
"WE PD NOT CONDUCT RE CONNA TSSA NCF FL ICHTS OVFP NOPTW V TFTNAM,"
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TPUCE DELEGATION T1zS1iFr A STATEMENT SAYING
A MF ICA SENT SR71 SPY PLANES 'TWICE LAST T 4!1?SnAY "TO CARRY OUT
RECONNAISSANCE FLTGHTS OVFP A NUMPER OF PROVIMCFS, INCLUPTNC HA NOT
A ND HA TPHOM'-."
HANOI, WHICH. HAS MADE SIMILAR C`NAPCFS RFFORF,- SATP THE ALLEGED AIR
MISSIONS WFPE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE JAN. 28 CEASE-FIRE ACCORP,
WHICH PROHIBITS RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS.
THE SR71 USUALLY OPERATES AT A HFICHT OF 1A MTL FS, PUT CAN CLIMB
.A S HISH AS 17 MILES TO AVOID C1?OI.IN1''-T0_A TR MISSILES. T}{E AIRCRAFT IS
THE SUCCESSOR TO THE U2 SPY PLANE IN td"TCW GARY POY7PS WAS SPOT DOWN
OVER RUSSIA IN 1961.
HANOI'S VIETNAM hTFW S AGENCY, TN' A BROADCAST MONITORED TN SAIGON
TO.)AY, SAID THE ALLEGED SPY FLTCHTS TOOK PLACE "AT A TIME WHEN THE
SAIGON ADMTNISTFATION WAS CLAMOR INNG F'OP WAR."
BOTH THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE. GOVERNMENT ANO THE VTI?T CONE HAVE
D FSCR ISED THE RFC,: NT RASH OR HEAVY FIGHT IN1r, A,7 THE START OF A NF'i
VIETNAM VAR.
THE SAIGON COMMAND PAS REPORTED FIGHT MAJOR PAT1 LF.S I N THE PAST
SIX 1,FE S, CONCEDING HEAVY GOVERNMENT LO'GS'TS IM THI" 1"ICJ!TING..
IN THE PAST WEFY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS REPORTED THE x'ALL OF THRFF
ARMY OUTPOSTS TN TNF SOUTHERN CF'J AL HTGHLAN S. THE COMMUNISTS
ROCKETED TWF SPRA'i'LTNG P IFN HOA ATP RASE' OUTSIDE SAIGON T11,rSDAY AND
GOVEF7~1~'F'I~1T WARPLANES RETALIATED THE NTI'YT DAY ??Y POMRA,P+)T^M!" THE VIFT
C'ONG' s "CAPITAL AT LOC NTNI H, Pry M4IL FS MOTH Or CA IC: ON.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION Or CONTPDL Ah`' SUnFPVISIOM AGREED
FRInAY TO INVESTIGATE ROTH THE RIEN u0A ANn' LOC NNTNH ATTACKS.
UPI 11-11 02:01 AFS
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-7-53-9