CABLE TO GENERAL SCOWCROFT FROM BREMER/GOMPERT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-507-1-43-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: May 15, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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T 0.P S E C R E T/SENSITIVE/EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY 152202Z MAY 74
MAY 15, 1974
HAKTO 95 IMMEDIATE
TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM: BREMER/GOMPERT
REF: TOHAK 175
SECRETARY AGREES THAT YOU SHOULD TELL DEFENSE AND CIA TO
OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL FOR EACH SR-71 FLIGHT.
T 0 P S E C R E T/SENSITIVE/EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
JCS review
completed.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS
APPLY
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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/15: LOC-HAK-507-1-43-0
TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
May 15, 1974
TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM: BREMER/GOMPERT
REF: TO HAK 175
2Z
HAK TO 9
IMMEDIATE
Secretary agrees that you should tell Defense and CIA to
obtain prior approval for each SR-71 flight.
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SCOWCROFT WANTS TO HAVE SR-71 FLIGHTS
OVER NORTH VIETNAM ONLY WHEN DOD, JCS
AND CIA BELIEVE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT
A FLIGHT.
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TO ANCONSUL JERUSALEM
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T O P S E C R E T S E N S I T I V E E X EYES ONLY
DELIVER AT OPENING OF BUSINESS WH41309
TOHAK 175
TO: HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
LAST NOVEMBER IN THE WSAG YOU DIRECTED THAT JCS PLAN FOR AND
CONDUCT SR-71 FLIGHTS OVER NORTH VIETNAM AT TEN-DAY INTERVALS.
THIS WAS DONE, OF COURSE, IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTINUING INFILTRATION
AND THE CONCERN WIDELY FELT THEN THAT THE NVA MIGHT BE PLANNING
EARLY MAJOR OFFENSIVE ACTION IN THE SOUTH. THE SR-71 FLIGHTS WERE
_ _
VISUALIZED AS WARNINGS AG
THE LAST FLIGHT WAS ON MARCH 28. BEFORE THAT A FLIGHT COVERED
LAOS ON MARCH 2. THESE WERE THE ONLY FLIGHTS THIS YEAR. THE FREQUENCY
HAS BEEN LIMITED PRINCIPALLY BY WEATHER CONDITIONS, HOWEVER, NOT
BY INTENT TO HOLD DOWN NUMBERS. DEFENSE NOW PLANS A FLIGHT TOMORROW
IF WEATHER PERMITS.
DEFENSE REQUESTED AND OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM YOU FOR THE
MARCH 28 FLIGHT. I WAS FRANKLY UNAWARE THEY 'HAD BEEN FLYING UNDER A
BLANKET AUTHORITY WHICH THEY FELT DID NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM YOU
OR EVEN_.. OT IF_LCATION-0 ------
WTHER THIS BLANKET AUTHORITY TO CONDUC'` FLIGHTS
~-I QUESTLON HE
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APPROXIMATELY EVERY TEN DAYS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAND .,-I^TKINK-_
IT PREFERASCE__-TH-AT --DEFENSES JCS-0 400 _ CTA PROPOSE A FLIGHT WHENEVER
THEY BELIEVE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT ONE. OTHERWISE THE FLIGHTS. CAN
CONTINUE AND WE MAY HEAR ABOUT THEM ONLY AFTER THE-_FAC?.., THI_S____:
IN SOME UNSCHEDULED EMBARRASSMENTS. IF YOU CONCUR,
COULD RESULT
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SILL" TELL DEFENSE AND__ CIA-TO_OaTA-TN PRIOR APPROVAL FOR_EACH___SR-71
-.__FL I G.HT .
WARM REGARDS.
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