. . ·~-· ---­ - •, ... S. ., .:..,) -__,,,,,.;.., .:.~ I' ~ '• ' INCOMING TELEGRAM Department ofState 54 -COMF I DEPdT I 1~b Action Control: 15604 BTF Rec'd: MARCH 20, 1964 Info FROM: BERLIN 1: 20 PM SS ACTION: BONN 1130 PRIORITY G SP L INFO: SECST ATE 1197 PRIORlTY H PARIS 752 PRIORlTY SAL EUR LONDON MOSCOW T36 683 PRIORITY PRIORtTY IO DAC E DATE: MARCH 20, p USIA NSC BONN PASS PRIORITY USAREUR FOR POLAD CINCEUR FOR POLAD USNMR SHAPE INR FOR BURN' USELMLO USAFE CIA NSA PARlS ALSO FOR USROo OSD ARMY NAVY AIR REF: 11 93 MOSCOW 1 S 204 TO )O PS:PT o BONN 2927 TO DEPT BER[IN'S 1126 to BONN NIC SELltVE WE MUST BE PREPARED DEAL PROMPTLY WITH PUBLlC RELATIONS FAA ASPECTS SOV NOTE ON NON-SCHEDULED AIR FLIGHTS "INTERNATIONAL RMR AIRLINES" tN EVENT STORY LEAKS OR SOVS DECIDE PUBLISH NOTE. IN THIS CONNECTION, WE NOTE THAT WE HAVE INFORMED INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING SOV ACTIONo ASSUME ANY STATEMENT OR RESPONSE TO QUERIES WILL BE COORDINATED TRIPARTITELY IN BONNo SUGGEST THAT ANY STATEMENT OR RESPONSE FOLLOW LINE USED lN RESPONSE TO SOV CONTROLLER BASCo FURTHERMORE, lN ORDER WARD OFF PUBLIC REACTION OF ANXIETY OVER SAFETY OF FLIGHTS IN AlR CORRIDORS BELIEVE PRESS SHOULD BE REMINDED ON BACKGROUND BASIS OF SITUATION DUR ING FEBRUARY -MAijCH 1962 SOV CAMPAIGN OF HARRASSMENT WHEN IT BECAME DAILY PRACf ICE FOR SOV CONTROLLERS TO NOTE ON ALL FLIGHT PLANS FOR SOUTH CORRIDOR THAT SAFETY OF FLIGHT NOT GUARANTEED 0 IF NOTE RELEASED BY SOVS,­ ASSUME _._ DEPT . WlLL I QUERIES ANSWER ., REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS DECLAss1F1Eo CONF 1orr~r1 Al PRoH1s1nD uNLEss "uNcLAss1F1ED" E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.4 .~tate Dept Guidelin-:i" B~~NARA, Date ,25·0~ GO~IF I QE~~T I Ab -2-1130, MARCH 201 FROM BERLIN QU(RIES. REQUEST 1GU1DANCE IN EVENT QUERIES ORIGINATE IN BERLIN BASED ON SOV CONTROLLER'S ACTION IN BASCo HULICK AD C~l4F I DEMT ! A~­