CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROM RELEASEAS SANITIZED
MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF OFOperations Report
1. The LINCOLN Air Jupport Officer arrivedarah. Tho CAT pilots Were picked up (it^nd brought
toin charge of the security
pertaining to tnis pic*the Contact and the CAT
pilots ware loaded into, two civilian seoans. The sedonu proceeded to FJHOPiXUL via Indirect routes to ir.uuro no surveillance.
25 JjaperviDOd settingoperations, sterilisation of aircraft, briefing of sterileand establishing billets and messing facilities and proceduros.
erch: Robertson andfj^ fourfrom the guard force atEFUL; ioadad aircraft forflight; pilots briefed by air operations and security;flight departed as scheduled and returned as scheduled,
A. Friday,erch: Had meetingFriday morning. Ue con depend> cooporatlon fromforeo, The Air Fbrce haswenty-four hour guardour aircraft. "Tour support is tho least
of your problems. Us consider yourop-priority projeot ln thJ& comaand and oil you hovo to do is ask for what you neednsure you it will be provided. All key personnel ls no*have boon so directed."
5. In contrast to support provided the following
lrregulerities atUL ore hereby reported and node of record:
a. Referenco: . HONETUELL made followingtoC- Jw presence whonC. to DlR In answer toj.fUELL InTorsed-'that be had Informed^ Jt^ot be desired to remain end able indicated thet be bed noti- HOREIUELL to send the cable os is. KOTEi HCNKYWZLL, J, stated that the reason he changed hisstaying wo^ that all hlnnd most of hishad already been shipped. C J 1 -omont innot Justified.)
b. Referencei LINC Operational Referenced cableJHQPEFUL0 bournarch. Cable brolien down0erch. Cobbc infomedC. . ^Jpyphone that he bod en operational iaagedlate cable. At0 hoursarchJ*nd Robertson were still awaiting cable. alled cdbd to determine If cable was completed. Conno hsd secured end gone horns. The nightC.Q. was Instructed by Comao Offioer tohe following a* imagof. ho called: Cobsbo had notifiedC. JXhone thst ho had reeelvod an operational lmmodlate cable from LINCOLN pertaining to air operations. C Jt comas that he would discuss the cable with LINCOLN personnel the next day Commo had no authority to release the cable to LINCOLN peraonnel. Robertson personally called nd told hln that we believed the referenced cable was Important inasmuch as lt was sent operational immodlats and that the contents of the cable osy be of sufficient Importance as to require an lrfcoadloto answer, and that by waiting until office hours tho next day might bo too lata. RobertsonJCd authorlso cobbto to release the cable to us. The cable was released to us at5 hoursarch and did require on lamodiate answer. NOTE: In my opinion had re action been taken on this operational irradiate cable until the next day, the first scheduled black flight could not havo been made. Tho damage whloh oould have been caunod between LINCOLN and *C Jrelationships cannot bo estimated. 'C otiona concerning referenced operational Immediate cable, ln ay opinion, rot Justifiable.)
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