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This is a 1992 CIA History Staff monograph by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, originally classified Secret NOFORN and approved for release in 2013. It covers the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program from 1954 to 1974 and the two aircraft it developed, the U-2 and the A-12 OXCART. The history covers the U-2 overflights of the Soviet Union, the 1960 downing of Francis Gary Powers and later operations in Asia and Latin America. It also includes a section on U-2s, UFOs and Operation BLUE BOOK.
“Hill”14 pages
## Secret NOFORN
Index
382
Soviet Union
1-3, 4-7, 14-27, 31, 39, 65, 81-89,
93-101, 104-106, 108-112, 120,
122-124, 126-130, 133-135, 137-
140, 142-149, 152-157, 159-165,
167-168, 170-172, 174-183, 186-187,
189, 195-197, 200-201, 205-206,
209-211, 215, 219, 221, 225, 232, 237,
247, 254, 259, 294, 297-299, 301,
303-304, 312, 315-320, 322, 329-330,
332, 335-336, 339, 341, 344
activity in Cuba
200, 201
air defense system
2, 3, 108, 168, 170, 317
air power of the
20
air show
98
atomic energy program
317
bomber
21, 111, 167, 317
borders
123, 127, 143
diplomatic protests
$ 3 1 5^{- -}$
electronic defenses
317
fighters
3, 5, 23, 26, 127, 144
G-class ballistic-missile submarine
237
guided missile and nuclear programs
135
guided missile research
99
guided missiles
81, 99
guided-missile test range
16
intentions
4, 318
intercept attempts
142
interception of U-2
19, 24-25, 47, 87, 106, 108, 110, 122,
127, 134, 144, 170, 244, 270, 315, 339
medium-range ballistic missiles
missile program
128, 159-161, 163-164
missile test range
16, 23, 143, 164, 167, 176
overflight operation
110
propaganda campaign
317
Protest Note
109
radar coverage
106
radars
3, 7, 15, 97, 130, 134, 168, 176,
259, 339
rail network
167
strategic capabilities
2, 19
Supreme Soviet
179
surface-to-air missile (SAM)
177, 168, 304
surprise attack
19, 26-27, 89, 147, 159, 329-330
Soviet-Finnish border 303,142
Soviet-Iranian border 124,162-163,168
Special Activities, Director of 193
Special Activities (OSA). Office of 43,192-193,207,234-235,242,247, 252,257,288,296-297,299,303,312, 328,341-342,344 Special Assistant for National Security Affairs 188
Special Assistant to the DCI 40
"special" missions 116
Special Operations Division 192
Spica, Incorporated 51
spotting camera 282
Sputnik 159
SQUARE DEAL 168,170 Not linked to a story yet.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 406 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.