Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NCT (Navel Aide)409 in DECLASSIFIED OFFICE OF 12065, Sec. 3-402 THE SECRETARY OF STATE E.O. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 WASHINGTON State By Dept. DEB NLT, Date 9-10-86 October 15, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATTON SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS SOVIET We have asked our Embassy in Tokyo and the Counselor of the UNION Department, Mr. Bohlen, who is at the UN in New York, for comments on our proposed reply to the Soviet Government on the October 7 plane incident in which a US plane was shot down. We propose to have the Moscow Embassy deliver our reply as soon as possible. In the circumstances, we do not consider the UN Command involved in the case. After summarizing the allegations that the plane violated the USSR's frontier in the vicinity of Yuri Island and fired on two Soviet fighter planes, our draft note states that the US plane, an unarmed reconissance craft carrying on a crew of eight, was on a routine mission over Japan. The plane's officers were under explicit instructions to remain within Japanese territory at all times. Our investigation shows the plane did not violate the Soviet frontier, or at any time fly over Yuri Island. Moreover, the question of a frontier violation could not arise since Yuri Island is in Japanese territory under Japanese sovereignty. We place the responsibility for this wanton and unjustifiable attack on an unarmed plane on the Soviet Government, reminding the USSR of the grave consequences of continuing such a practice. Accordingly, we reject the USSR's note of October 12 as without foundation, protest in the strongest terms the unprovoked shooting down of the unarmed US plane, and request the payment of compensation for the aircraft and the lives of any of its crew who may have perished. In this connection, we request an immediate report on the search operation which we believe the Soviets carried out and full information on the whereabouts and welfare of any crew members who may have survived. IRAN Replying to comments by our Ambassador in Tehran on the Department's latest plan for settling the Iranian oil dispute, we point out that we envisage the possibility of assisting Iran financially through AIOC or a subsidiary. We are, however, very concerned over Ambassador Henderson's statement that it is "impossible for Mosadeq to accept cash in the form of an advance on future sales of oil". Even if Congress were in TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION