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104-10106-10211 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (6/22/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch10217 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10106-10211 ;N '- achment to: S .S 01836-78 SUBJECT: DDS&T Interim Reply to HSCA Request, S May 78, OLC 78-1573 General Background: Detachment C advance party of security and communication personnel departed the U.S. for Atsugi, Japan, on 20 February 1957, the second echelon of administrative personnel departed 4 March, and the main body of the detachment with two U-2 aircraft and equipment began deployment on 15 March. On 29 March Headquarters was notified that all personnel and equipment were on base. Operational readiness was forecast for the week of 8 April- Operating procedures and liaison had been accomplished with the following major U.S. components: Far East Air Force Far East ommand and Theater Commander Agency's atio and local support unit 54th WeafT er Reconnaissance Squadron Atsugi Naval Air Station Details or specific operating agreements or procedures with the above components have not been located. By mid-May 1957 the Detachment had flown 30 sorties-. All of these operations were preparations for the primary mission of the Detachment. The first primary mission of the Detachment, a flight over part of the USSR, occurred on 20 June 1957, however, this mission did not originate or recover at Atsugi. The first overflight of the USSR from Atsugi occurred on 1 March 1958 and this flight was the only and last flight. This flight, as other previous flights by other Detachments, was tracked by Russian radar, even though the U-2 aircraft had anti-radar applications, and a Soviet protest was made on 5 March 1958 by the Soviet-Ambassador to Washington, Mikhail Menshikov. Attached are copies of the Soviet Aide Memoires of 5 March and 21 April 1958 (Tab A). The Detachment continued to perform non-USSR missions, in the Far East area until the Powers flight of 1 May 1960. Redeployment of the Detachment began in early July, the last U-2 aircraft departed Japan on 9 July and all personnel and other equipment cleared the base and turned the facilities back to the Navy on 19 August 1960. TOP SECRET -EIDER- CHESS

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