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1959. Defense Agency sources said weeks of radar observation
have confirmed the fact that high-altitude flights of two or
three large jet bombers from areas north of Hokkaido to the
Tokyo Bay area had been made twice a week since early in
1960. The Defense Agency first learned of these high-
altitude flights early in 1959 when the flights consisted
of single planes and seldom came further south than the
Sendai area. Agency sources added that the recent flights
of jet bombers were flying deliberately nearer to, but
carefully outside of, Japan's territorial air.
Pakistan: According to a Reuter's report, President
Ayub told a London Daily Mail reporter in November 1959,
that Soviets and Chinese had made some overflights over
Pakistan to "pinpoint" US bases there. ( (END UNCLASSIFIED)
(BEGIN SECRET)
Turkey: In September 1958 Foreign Minister Zorlu
acknowledged to our Charge in Ankara that Soviet aircraft
often invade Turkish air space. Our Charge commented that
he thought we could expect no support from the Turks on
violation of Turkish air space.
DEPARTMENT
NOTE: Preliminary reports from USAFE and PACAF indicate
no record of penetrations in Europe or in the Far
East other than occasional Soviet overflights of
northern Hokkaido, generally evaluated as due to
navigational error. ( END SECRET)
SECRET
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This background paper summarized known overflights of "Free World" areas by Soviet aircraft. The nations affected were Iran, Japan, Pakistan, and Turkey.
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