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Created: 6/4/1954

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CONTENTSAS DICTATED BYUKED DISCUSSED WITH AND RELEASED CABLE WASON REQUEST OFOL HARRY WAESCHE AND REPRESENT SOLELY THE OPINION OF Dl/CAIRC AND WAESCHE SPEAKING FOR CAIRC.

WAESCHE STATED CATEGORICALLYUNE HE OF OPINION AT LEAST TWO AND "WOULDHREE RECENT YELLOW ALERTS WERE RESULT KUBARK AIRCRAFT. WAESCHE PARTICULARLY PERTURBED BY YELLOW ALERTAY 1vken6 INTERCEPTED UNMARKED KUBARK PLANE ZIGZAGGED ENDEAVORING ESCAPE IN CLOUDS AND PILOT OF ALBROOK PLANE CONSIDERED CHEWING OFF TAIL7 AND LOWERING LANDING WHEELS ON SAME TO FORCE IX) WN. FINALLY PILOT ALBROOK PLANE RADIOED IN CLEAR HE WAS TAILINGHUS JEOPARDIZING SECURITY.

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3.. WAESCHE FURTHER DISTURBED YELLOW ALERTAY AT WHICH TIME TWOS FLEW OVER GATUN LOCKS AND DISAPPEARED SOUTH OF FRANCE FIELD, WAESCHE LET THEM PASS ASSUMING THEY WERE KUBARK PLANES. HE STILL AT LOSS AS TO THEIR IDENTITY AND EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN RECURRENCES. LAST ALERTAY.

WAESCHE STRONGLY EXPRESSED FEELING FUTURE FLIGHTS SHOULD UTILIZE STANDARD COMMERCIAL OR USAF MARKINGS.

WAESCHE STATES THAT SINCE COWDEN TALKED WITHUNE AND HAS ASSURED HIM THAT CAIRC WILL RECEIVE DETAILED FLIGHT PLANS AND PERI ODBC CHECKS WHILE IM FLIGHT HE IS SATISFIED. NEVERTHELESS WANTED BE SURE KUBARK HQ3 AWARE CAJRC VIEWS EXPRESSED REF Ac

6oC HAS ml MET COWDEN AND WAS UNAtfvRE COWDEN IN AREA, EXTENT COWDEN LIAISON WITH CAIRC,-AND EXTENT AND TIME BLACK FLIGHTS*

MS NOT EESERE INJECT SELF INTO PBSUCCESS OPERATION- WAS MERELY PASSING MESSAGE FOR CAIRC0

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