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The original documents are located in Box 7, folder "Japan - MIG - Incident (1)" of
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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CREATION DATE
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COLLECTION TITLE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
COUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE
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7
FOLDER TITLE
Japan - MIG-25 Incident (1)
DATE WITHDRAWN
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COMBAT READINESS, STRENGTH, ORGANIZATION, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE
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IMM ELIIGENCE AGENCY AND IS BEING CIRCULATED IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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THE NORMAL TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AND
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EQUIPMENT (T/O AND E) FOR A PVO FIGHTER REGIMENT WAS 36 INTERCEPTORS.
A REGIMENT CONSISTED OF THREE SQUADRONS OF TWELVE AIRCRAFT EACH.
SQUADRONS WERE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO FLIGHTS OF FOUR AIRCRAFT AND
FLIGHTS WERE DIVIDED INTO PAIRS OF AIRCRAFT.
3. IN ADDITION TO COMBAT AIRCRAFT, FIVE TO SIX NONCOMBAT
CAPABLE TRAINERS WERE INITIALLY ASSIGNED TO A REGIMENT WHEN IT
WAS BEING REEQUIPPED WITH NEW AIRCRAFT. THESE WERE RETAINED
DURING THE PILOT FAMILIARIZATION PHASE OF TRAINING BUT ONLY TWO
TO THREE TRAINERS WERE RETAINED ONCE FULL COMBAT READINESS WAS
REACHED. SQUADRONS CONVERTED TO NEW AIRCRAFT ONE AT A TIME. AD-
JACENT REGIMENTS, IF ANY, ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECTOR
DURING INITIAL TRAINING.
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4. T/O AND E HAD ONLY A PAPER VALUE.
REGIMENT WAS
EQUIPPED ONLY WITH 25 INTERCEPTORS AND FOUR TRAINERS, ONE OF WHICH
WAS ALREADY INOPERATIVE.
FEW REPLACEMENT
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AIRCRAFT WERE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE DAMAGED OR LOST. WHEN AVAILABLE,
5
5
4
THESE WERE LONG IN ARRIVING. WHEN ASKED ABOUT REPLACEMENTS FOR
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AIRCRAFT ROTATED FOR MAINTENANCE,
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5.
REGIMENT WAS NOT EXPECTED TO
REACH FULL COMBAT CAPABILITY FOR TWO YEARS AFTER RECEIPT OF THEIR
FIRST SQUADRON OF MIG-25'S IN AUGUST 1975. AT THAT POINT THEY
WOULD NORMALLY BEGIN PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON TRAINING NEWLY ASSIGNED
PILOTS FOR TRANSFER TO REGIMENTS ELSEWHERE WHICH WERE SCHEDULED
TO BE REEQUIPPED WITH MIG-25'S.
(1)
6.
THESE PROCEDURES WERE (PVO?) FORCE
WIDE. ONLY FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL MIG-17 PILOT COMPLEMENT AT SOK-
OLOVKA WERE RETRAINED TO FLY MIG-25'S AND ONE SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED
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DUE TO HIS INABILITY TO RELY ON INSTRUMENTS.
A LOW OPINION OF BOTH THE MIG-17 AND ITS PILOTS.) PILOTS THAT
FLY THE MIG-25 WERE NORMALLY DRAWN FROM ESTABLISHED COMBAT-READY
REGIMENTS EQUIPPED WITH LATE MODEL SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT SUCH AS THE
(1)
SU-15 [FLAGON].
MOST OF THE MIG-17 PILOTS
FROM HIS REGIMENT WERE TRANSFERED TO THE FEW REMAINING MIG-17
REGIMENTS IN THE FORCE WHEN THE REGIMENT REEQUIPPED. IT WAS BECOMING
EVIDENT THAT THERE WERE FEWER AND FEWER SLOTS FOR THESE PILOTS.
(1)
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7.
THE SUBORDINATION, LOCATION, AND COMBAT
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READINESS OF REGIMENTS IN THE 11TH AIR ARMY AS FOLLOWS:
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REGIMENTAL AIRFIELD
SUBORDINATION
AIRCRAFT
PILOT READINESS
UGLOVOYE
HQ 23RD CORPS
SU-9/MIG-23
NONE#
SPASSK DALNIY
23RD CORPS
YAK- 28P
FULL
SOKOLOVKA
23RD CORPS
MIG- 25
POOR#
ZOTOPAYA DOLINA (IGNASHI)
23RD CORPS
SU-15TM
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VELIKAYA KEMA SQUADRON
23RD CORPS
16 TO 18 MIG-17 FULL#
10TH DISTRICT
(NEAR KHABAROVSK )
(POSS HQ)
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PEREYASLAVKA
KHABAROVSK DIVISION SU-15
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SOVETSKAYA GAVAN
KHABAROVSK DIVISION MIG-17
FULL##
SMIRNYKH
KHABAROVSK DIVISION YAK-28P
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BUREVESTNIK
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# OVERALL COMBAT CAPABILITY OF THE 23RD CORPS IS QUITE LOW. TWO
OUT OF FOUR REGIMENTS ARE UNDERGOING TRAINING IN NEW AIRCRAFT.
THE MIG-17'S PERFORMANCE AS AN INTERCEPTOR IS VERY POOR.
## REGIMENTS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN NEW AIRCRAFT (SUCH AS THE YELIZOVO
UNIT WHICH REGAN IN EARLY 1975) OR THOSE EQUIPPED WITH OBSOLETE MIG-17'S.
8. AIRCRAFT FROM REGIMENTS WHICH HAD BEEN REEQUIPPED FELL
INTO TWO CATAGORIES. MIG-17 S AND MIG-19 S WERE RETURNED TO AIRCRAFT
FACTORIES FOR CONVERSION INTO TARGET DRONES, MIG-15 TRAINERS WERE
MOTHBALLED. MORE MODERN AIRCRAFT SUCH AS THE S0-9, YAK-28, ETC., WERE
REFURBISHED AND OFTEN USED TO REPLACE EVEN OLDER AIRCRAFT ELSE-
WHERE IN THE FORCE.
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INFO RUFHGV/USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE 1979
BT
E 0 H # 1 D E N T 1 A t TOKYO 13352
E. n. 11652; XGDS-3
TAGS: SREF, US, JA, PFOR
SUBJECT: DEFECTION OF SOVIET MIG-25 PILOT
1. MIG-25 FOXBAT LANDED 1355 SEPTEMBER 6, AT HAKODATE
AIRPORT IN HOKKAIDO. FONDEF HAS INFORMED EMBASSY THAT
PILOT HAS MADE WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUESTING POLITICAL
ASYLUM IN US.
2. PILOT IS VIKTOR IVANOVITCH BELENKO, B. 15 FEB 1947
AN AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT STATIONED IN 23RD REGIONAL
DISTRICT OF 11TH ARMY AT SAKAROVSKA BASE SITUATED
BETWEEN NAHODKA AND KHABAROVSK.
3. ACCORDING TO FONOFF FIRST EAST EUROPEAN DIVDIR
TOGO, SOVIET CONGEN SAPPORO AND EMBASSY TOKYO WAVE ASKED
FOR ACCESS TO BELENKO. FONOFF HAS YET TO GIVE SEVS
ANSWER, FONGEE REQUESTS SPEEDIEST POSSIBLE DEGISION
ON PART OF USG,
4. LANDING OF MIG AND REQUEST FOR ASYLUM ARE TGP
STORIES IN ALL JAPANESE MEDIA. US OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
ISSUED STRICT "NO COMMENT" INSTRUCTIONS.
SHOESMITH
BT
#3352
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DESCRIPTION
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CREATION DATE
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VOLUME
3 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
032400268
COLLECTION TITLE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
COUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC
BOX NUMBER
7
FOLDER TITLE
Japan - MIG-25 Incident (1)
DATE WITHDRAWN
09/04/2001
WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST
GG
Exempt 4/12/05
5/31/11
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PAGE 01
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ACTION SS-25
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 CCO-00 /026 w
028463
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FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2127
e 0 L TOKYO 13490
EXDIS
E.O. GDS
TARS: PFOR, MARR, JA
SUBJECT: SOVIET DEFECTOR
EXSTS
REF: STATE 221875
1. GOJ CLEARLY PREFERS DEFECTOR TRAVEL TO US BY CIVILIAN
AIRCRAFT. AS PLAN NOW SHAPING UP HE WILL DEPART HANEDA ON
REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIRCRAFT BETWEEN 1800 AND 1900 SEPTEMBER 9.
WE WILL PROVIDE PRECISE DETAILS WHEN FIXED.
SHOESMITH
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PS by
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Date
TAGS: PFOR, US, JA, SREF
U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE (RET.)
AUG. 3 2000
SUBJECT: MIG-25
D
REF: STATE 220959
1. PRIOR TO DINNER FOR GOVERNOR SCRANTON SEPT 9 I WAS ABLE TO
RAISE DIRECTLY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MIYAZAWA QUESTION OF TECHNICAL
EXAMINATION OF MIG 25. I PUT TO MIM OUR HIGH LEVEL AND INTENSE
S
INTEREST AS OUTLINED REFTEL. FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED THAT HE
"FULLY SYMPATHETIC WITH OUR CONCERNS" AND STATED THAT HE COULD
"ASSURE YOU THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO ANYTHING WHICH IS FEASIBLE
AND WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE MEDIA TO FACILITATE YOUR PARTI-
CIPATION IN AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE QUESTION I3
HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THIS". AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF WAYS IN
WHICH THE PARTICIPATION OF AMERICAN EXPERTS MIGHT BE ARRANGED,
N
THE FOREIGN MINISTER CONCLUDED THE CONVERSATION BY OBSERVING THAT
THE PRIME MINISTER IS "LEANING AWAY FROM YOUR DESIRES ON THIS".
2. FOLLOWING DINNER, FOREIGN MINISTER INVITED ME AND EMBOFF PLA'
TO REMAIN FOR s FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS QUESTION, AND ASKED
HIS TOP ADVISERS TO JOIN US. THESE INCLUDED VICE MINISTER SATO,
D
DEPUTY MINISTER ARITA, DIRGENS YAMAZAKI, CAMERICAN AFFAIRS),
NAKAJIMA (TREATIES BUREAU), AND TACHIBANA CEUROPEAN AFFAIRS-WHC
WAS SUMMONED FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR THIS MEETING). DURING 2
HOUR DISCUSSION FOLLOWING POINTS EMERGED:
S
A. JAPANESE FULLY AWARE OF HIGH U.S. INTEREST IN KNOWING AS MUCH
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ABOUT AIRCRAFT AS POSSIBLE (MIYAZAWA DESCRIBED IT AS "JACKPOT").
S
B. MODALITIES OF HANDLING PROBLEM MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH ACTIONS
OF RESPONSIBLE INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT AND NOT PROVOCATIVE TO
SOVIET UNION.
C. AMERICAN PARTICIPATION MUST BE KEPT FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
D. AIRCRAFT MUST BE RETURNED TO SOVIETS, THOUGH THERE NO CONSENSUS
N
ON TIMING.
3. MIYAZAWA KEPT RETURNING TO CONSIDERATION OF WAYS OF MOVING
AIRCRAFT TO LOCATION WHICH WOULD PERMIT MAXIMUM DISCREET ACCESS
BY AMERICAN EXPERTS. SINCE WE LACKED EXPERTISE TO MAKE JUDGMENT ON
FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPROACH, I THEN FOCUSSED ON INTERIM MEASURES
D
DESIGNED TO INITIATE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN EXAMINATION OF
PLANE, SPECIFICALLY TO ARRANGE FOR EARLIEST INCLUSION OF THREE
NISEI DOD CIVILIANS ON JDA SURVEY TEAM. I INSISTED THAT GOJ SHOULD
BE ABLE TO WORK OUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS MINIMUM FIRST STEP.
WHEN QUESTION RAISED, I EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT OFFSITE CONSUL-
TATION BETWEEN AMERICAN EXPERTS AND JDA TEAM WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS
S
BUT AGREED TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITY WITH U.S. EXPERTS.
4. COMMENT: EXTRAORDINARY MEETING CONVENED BY FOREIGN MINISTER
TO DISCUSS OUR NEEDS DEMONSTRATES THAT HE IS GENUINELY CONCERNED
TO FIND MEANS OF INSURING MAXIMUM EXPLOITATION OF AIRCRAFT WITH
OUR PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER HE EVIDENTLY IS UNWILLING TO IGNORE
WHAT HE THINKS WILL BE ADVERSE REACTION ON PART OF JAPANESE
N
PUBLIC AND SOVIETS TO KNOWLEDGE OF us PARTICIPATION IN SURVEY.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER WILL BE RECEPTIVE TO ANY SUGGESTIONS
AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT FIT THE FRAME-
WORK OF HIS CONCERNS. FOR THE MOMENT, HOWEVER, PROBABLY THE
BEST WE CAN HOPE FOR IS TO OBTAIN DIRECT PARTICIPATION BY
QUALIFIED NISEI PERSONNEL IN EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT AS PART
D
OF JDA TEAM. I WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS THIS COURSE WHILE EXPLORING
OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
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s E e R E 7 STATE 222493
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TAGS: MARR , JA
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Date
JOSEPH P. LEAH
AUG. 3 2000
SUBJECT: ACCESS TO MIG-25 AIRCRAFT
U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE visit)
1. HABIB CALLED IN JAPANESE CHARGE NISHIDA TODAY TO
EXPRESS IN CLEAR AND STRONG TERMS OUR CONCERN OVER CON-
TINUING DELAY IN AFFORDING US ACCESS TO MIG-25.
2. STRESSING OUR CLOSE MUTUAL DEFENSE SECURITY RELATION-
SHIP, HABIB SAID THAT USG AT HIGHEST LEVELS PUZZLED AND
CONCERNED BY CONTINUED DELAY IN ALLOWING JOINT JDA/U.S.
MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCESS TO THE PLANE. HABIB POINTED OUT
THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BOTH GOJ AND USG BY
POSSESSION OF MIG-25. INDICATING HE SPEAKING UNDER
INSTRUCTION, HABIB STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING THIS
OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF OUR SECURITY INTERESTS AND
REQUESTED THAT NISHIDA CONVEY IMMEDIATELY TO TOKYO THE
HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN HERE ABOUT NEED FOR EARLIEST ACCESS TO
FORD
THE PLANE. IN THAT CONTEXT, HABIB POINTED OUT THAT WE
&
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THAT WE MUST NOT LET THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY PASS.
3. NISHIDA SAID HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD IMPORTANCE USG ATTACHES
TO THIS MATTER AND PROMISED TO CONVEY OUR VIEWS IMMEDIATELY.
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2 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
032400268
COLLECTION TITLE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
COUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC
BOX NUMBER
7
FOLDER TITLE
Japan - MIG-25 Incident (1)
DATE WITHDRAWN
09/04/2001
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CREATOR'S NAME
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
RECEIVER'S NAME
SECSTATE WASHDC
TITLE
Access to MIG-25 Aircraft
CREATION DATE
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3 pages
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032400268
COLLECTION TITLE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
COUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC
BOX NUMBER
7
FOLDER TITLE
Japan MIG-25 Incident (1)
DATE WITHDRAWN
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EFA 4. STATE 222586 8. TOKYO 13489
#
IN COORDINATED SERIES OF REPRESENTATIONS SEPTEMBER 9, SENIOR
*BASSY OFFICERS AND CONUSJARAN CONTINUED TO PRESS AT TOP LEVELS
B GCJ AGENCIES INVOLVED HIGH LEVEL AND INTENSE USG CONCERN TO
"SURE MAXIMUM EXPLOITATION OF MIG-25 AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO
STAIN DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF AMERICAN EXPERTS, MEETINGS
PRANCED DURING MORNING BY DEFATT
WITH
EFENSE NINISTER BAKATA FOR PURPOSE OF DELIVERING PERSONAL
ESSAGES FROM RESPECTIVE AGENCY HEADS:
ALSO MET
ITH VICE MINDER MARUYAMA AND ACTING NATIONAL POLICE DIRGEN;
*BOFFS REMAINED 14 CLOSE TOUCH THROUGHOUT DAY WITH FONMIN
MERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS BUREAUS, AND 1 HAVE FOLLOWED
b LAST NIGHT'S DISCUSSION (REF 81 WITH DIRGENS
DTH BUREAUS, COMUSIAPAN HAS REVIEWED SITUATION KITH DIRECTOR
DINT STAFF OFFICE, THROUGHOUT WE HAVE STRESSED UNGENCY OF PRO-
IDING PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE ACCESS BY AMERICAN EXPERTS FOR
OFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME TO PERMIT FULL INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE
.SO URGED JDA CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED OFFICIALS TO TAKE LEAD IN
PRORTING THIS OBJECTIVE IN INTERMINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS AND IN
EVISING MAYS IN WHICH US ACCESS WILL 5£ ASSURED WITHOUT EXPOSING
T To PUBLIC GLARE, WE ALSO HAVE INJECTED CAUTIONARY NOTE ON NEED
D PROVIDE TIGHT SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT.
DN BASTS THESE CONTACTS AND REPRESENTATIONS, kp ARE REGINNING
B SEE SOME SIGNS THAT THE BUREAUCRATIC MACHINERY MAY BE TURNING
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FFICE MEETING OF OFFICIALS OF AGENCIES CONCERNED, CHAIRED BY
EPUTY CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY KATFU, IT WAS AGREED THAT ONCE
ELENKO HAD DEPARTED, MATTER SHOULD NO LONGER BE MANDLED AS
RIMINAL CASE UNDER JUNISDICTION OF PROCURATORS BUT SHOULD BE
URNED OVER TO NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORITIES -- I.E. JAPAN DEFENSE
GENCY -- TO TAKE CUSTODY OF PLANE AND CONTINUE INVESTIGATION.
HIS RECOMMENDATION HILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CABINET OFFICERS,
UT YAMAZAKI HAS TOLD NE THIS SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC. LEGAL
ATIONALE WILL HAVE 10 BE DEVISED FOR JOA CUSTODY AND CONTINUING
NVESTIGATION, HOMEVER, AND IT NOT CLEAR MOM SOON THIS SHIFT IN
URISDICTION WILL TAKE PLACE. IT is, NONETHELESS, A STEP IN RIGHT
INECTION. VICE MINISTER MARUYAMA HAS TOLD US THAT ONCE THIS STEP
$ TAKEN, JOA THEN WILL PRESS FOR DECISION TO PERMIT JOA TO CALL
N RTS MOST EXPERT PERSONS AVAILABLE TO EXAMINE AIRCRAFT UNITE the
... AMERICAN EXPERTS.
. MOFA, JOA AND NATIONAL POLICE ARE OF ONE MIND THAT IT IS
MPORTANT FOR U.S. TO GAIN ACCESS AND THEY SEEM TO BE COOPERATING
ORE CLOSELY TO BRING THIS ABOUT, CURRENT JDA THINKING IS TO HOLD
LANE FOR AT LEAST 81 DAYS FOR EXAMINATION. MARUYAMA SAID THIS
IGHT BE EXTENDED IF NECESSARY, ALTHOUGH ME RECOGNIZED POLITICAL
RESSURES MIGHT BUILD UP FOR RETURN. HARUYAMA, HOWEVER, DID NOT
EEM TO BE UNDER ANY IMMEDIATE SENSE OF TIME PRESSURE CONCERNING
ETURN OF PLANE. GENERALLY SPEAKING, JDA SEEMS TO BE MOVING INTO
ORE POSITIVE, LEADING POSITION IN BEEKING RESOLUTION OF THIS
ATTER, AND MARUYAHA HAS TOLD us THAT LETTERS FROM SECOEF RUMSPELD
NO CIA DIRECTOR BUSH HAVE BEEN QUITE HELPFUL TO ITS EFFORTS,
LIAISON BETWEEN US TECHNICAL EXPERTS NOW AT MISAWA AIR BASE
ND JASDF INVESTIGATING TEAM AT HAKODATE (WHICM MAS BEEN OPER*
TING TO DATE UNDER AFGIS OF PROCURATORS) NOW HAS BEEN AGREED
PON. LIMITED AMOUNT OF DATE HAS BEEN PASSED, PRIMARILY PHOTO-
RAPMS. IN OUR CONTACTS TODAY, HOWEVER, WE HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT
HIS ARRANGEMENT COULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY STOP-GAP
BETTER THAN NOTHING) AND THAT DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EXAMINATION
Y US EXPERTS IS ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE AND FULL EXPLOITATION,
HAS TOLD
DLCOUNSELOR THAT WHEN SOVIET AMBASSADOR POLYANSKY CALLED ON
EPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ARITA AT 1483 THIS AFTERNOON, HE DEMANDED
ETURN OF PILOT AND PLANE BUT DID NOT REVERT TO LEGAL ARGUMENT**
ION USED IN EARLIER NOVIET EMBASSY PROTEST THAT AIRCRAFT HAS
XTRATERNITORIAL CHARACTER. HF 010, HOWEVER, STATE THAT THIRD
OUNTRY INVOLVEMENT WOULD HAVE UNFAVORABLE REPERCUSSIONS FOR
OVIET. JAPANESE RELATIONS. ARITA COUNTERED WITH EXPRESSION OF
URPRISE THAT SOVIETS NAVE THIS FAR NOT EXPRESSED REGRET FOR
NCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE DONE GRAVE TO JAPAN'S SECURITY. HE
NSISTED PILOT SOUGHT TO GO TO U.S. OF OWN FREE WILL, WHICH IT
5 JAPAN'S POLICY TO RESPECT. ARITA SAID ONLY THAT ME NOTED
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IGHER AUTHORITIES. HE REJECTED, HOWEVER, SOVIET REFERENCE TO
HIRD COUNTRY PRESSURES AND SAID THAT AS INDEPENDENT COUNTRY
APAN NOT SUBJECT TO SUCH PRESSURES, IN COMMENTING,
SAID
MAT HE HAS BEEN ARGUING THAT IT 15 IN JAPAN'S SECURITY INTERESTS
0 HOLD AIRCRAFT FOR INVESTIGATION AND THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE
VEN MORE WEIGHT THAN ANY LEGAL ARGUMENTATION WHICH COULD BE
ONSTRUED TOWARD THIS END, HE HAS POINTED OUT THAT, ASSUMING
APAN KEPT PLANE FOR THREE OR FOUR NEEKS, IT WOULD SE IN DOG HOUSE
17M SOVIETS WHO WOULD ASSUME THAT AMERICANS HAD BEEN GIVEN ACCESS.
HEREFORE, JAPAN SHOULD PROVIDE ACCESS WHICH US DESIRES AND NOT
ET IN DIFFICULTIES WITH BOTH SOVIETS AND us. ME CAUTIONED,
DREVER, THAT IT MIGHT TAKE A PEW DAYS FOR ARRANGEMENTS TO FALL
NTO PLACE, POLCOUNSELOR URGED THAT DELAY COULD ONLY COMPOUND
ROELPM AND SOONER ACCESS PROVIDED TO US EXPERTS THE BETTER,
COMMENT: 1 AM ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT DESPITE SOME FOOT-
RAGGING AT LOWER LEVELS, TOP LEVELS OF FOREIGN MINISTRY AND JDA
MINISTER AND VICE MINISTER IN BOTH) AS WELL AS IN NATIONAL
OLICE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH OUR CONCERN FOR THOR*
UGH EXPLOITATION OF AIRCRAFT, I BELIEVE THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT
RACK TO INSURE RETENTION OF PLANE FOR SUFFICIENT TIME TO PERMIT
EASONABLY COMPLETE EXAMINATION WITH DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF DUR
XPERTS. 1 CANNOT JUDGE JUST HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO WORK OUT
ME NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS, BUT THESE TOP OFFICIALS SEEM TO BE
OVING WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. IN MEANTIME, 1 00 NOT THINK WE
EED PEAR THAT GOJ WILL VIELD TO SOVIET DENANDS FOR PROMPT RETURN
F PLANE. WE MUST KEEP ON THE PRESSURE, IF ONLY TO SUPPORT GOJ
FFICIALS WHO ARE ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE WITH US. MOST SERIOUS
TICKING POINT, HONEVER, EVIDENTLY IS PRIME MINISTER MIKI WHO
PPARENTLY IS RELUCTANT TO ANTAGONIZE SOVIETS, I BELIEVE THAT
OST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF MOVING MIKI IN DIRECTION FAVORABLE TO
UR INTERESTS 18 PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT.
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TAGS: PFOR, JA, US, SREF
SUBJECT: MIG DEFECTOR TRAVEL PLANS
REF: TOKYO 13490
1. BELENKO WILL DEPART TOKYO HANEDA AIRPORT ON
NORTHWEST 22 AT 1845. WILL ARRIVE LOS ANGELES 1710 SEPTEMBER 9.
2. SCENARIO FOR FINAL HOUR OF BELENKO STAY IN JAPAN HAS BEEN
WORKED OUT WITH GOJ AS FOLLOWS:
1620 MEETING WITH US REPRESENTATIVES AT SUIJO
POLICE STATION.
1645 MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS
FOR FINAL IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES.
1755 MEETING WITH SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES.
1810 DEPART POLICE STATION FOR AIRPORT
1835 ARRIVE HANEDA AIRPORT
1845 DEPART JAPAN
3. FOREIGN OFFICE REPORTS THAT DEFECTOR'S RESOLVE
REMAINS FIRM. HE HAS AGREED TO MEET WITH SOVIET
REPRESENTATIVES BUT SAID HE WOULD MEET THEM FOR
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SAY TO PRESS AFTER BELENKO HAS DEPARTED JAPAN.
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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE TOKYO 13577
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TAGS: MARR, JA
SUBJECT: FURTHER REACTION TO MIG=25 INCIDENT
SUMMARY: JAPANESE MEDIA CONTINUES TO HEADLINE MIG-25 INCIDENT
WITH SOVIETS COMING IN FOR CRITICISM FOR HEAVYHANDEDNESS, WHILE
GOJ OFFICIALS ARE WARY OF PREDICTING HOW THE MATTER WILL BE
SETTLED. END SUMMARY.
1. WHILE GOJ OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REACT WITH DELICACY TO COMPLEX
OF DIPLOMATIC PROBLEMS CREATED BY MIG-25 INCIDENT TOUGHER
POSTURE TOWARDS SOVIETS NOTED BY MEDIA. HIGH FOREIGN
MINISTRY OFFICIALS ARE HEADLINED IN SEPTEMBER 9 PAPERS CRITI-
CIZING THE USSR FOR NOT HAVING EXPRESSED ITS REGRET AT HAVING
VIOLATED JAPAN'S TTERRITORY AND FOR "LACK OF PROTOCOL" IN MAKING
DEMANDS WITHOUT EXPRESSING ANY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE INCIDENT. A HIGH FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL COMPARED THIS TO
"BREAKING INTO THE YARD OF A NEIGHBOR AND SAYING NO WORD OF REGRET"
AND SAID IT WAS NOT BEFITTING A "GENTLEMANLY COUNTRY".
FOREIGN MINISTER MIYAZAWA TOLD THE PRESS ON THE MORNING OF
SEPTEMBER 9 THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY PRIME MINISTER MIKI
TO HANDLE THE AFFAIR "VERY CAREFULLY so AS NOT TO LEAVE ANY
DISPUTES IN THE FUTURE".
2, MOST PAPERS SEE THE DEFECTOR LEAVING FOR THE US ON SEPTEMBER 9,
AND ARE TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO THE DISPOSITION OF THE
MIG-25. ONE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL IS QUOTED AS SAYING THIS
INCIDENT IS UNPRECEDENTED FOR JAPAN, BUT EUROPEAN PRECEDENTS
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ESTABLISH A KIND OF "INTERNATIONAL MARKET PRICE" FOR HANDLING
THE PLANE WHICH INVOLVES A QUITE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WITHIN
THE SCOPE NECESSARY FOR THE PURSUIT AND CLARIFICATION OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INCIDENT OF TERRITORIAL VIOLATION."
THE ASAMI SUMMARIZES THAT "THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THINKS JAPAN CAN
DETAIN THE PLANE AS MATERIAL EVIDENCE IN À CRIMINAL OFFENSE
EVEN AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF BELENKO AND THERE IS NO NEED TO DELAY
HIS DEPARTURE. THE GOJ INTENDS TO RETURN THE PLANE EVENTUALLY,
BUT A FINAL DECISION ON ITS HANDLING SHOULD BE MADE ONLY AFTER
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SOVIETS REACH AN AGREEMENT." ALSO ACCORDING
TO PRESS REPORTS FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCES DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE
PLANE'S "RIGHT OF INVIOLABILITY" AS CALIMED BY THE SOVIET SIDE,
3. THE JOA HAS BEGUN INTERGOVERNMENTAL TALKS TO CONDUCT A
SEPARATE INSPECTION OF THE PLANE. UP TO NOW THE JOA IS SAID
TO BE COOPERATING IN THE POLICE AND PROCURATOR'S INVESTIGATION
WITH ITS OWN PERSONNEL, JDA DIRGEN SAKATA REPORTEDLY TOLD THE
LDP SECURITY RESEARCH COUNCIL THAT JDA INVESTIGATION OF THE PLANE
"TS A MATTER OF COURSE". FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCES SAQGVUMTHE
INVESTIGATION WILL PROBABLY NOT TAKE AS LONG AS TWO TO THREE
SXAW
THS. THERE IS A LINE OF COMMON SENSE", A JDA SOURCE
OFFICIAL OPINED THAT ABOUT ONE MONTH WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF COMMON SENSE, ACCORDING TO THE YOHIURI.
4, SOVIET REACTION IS BEING WATCHED CAREFULLY. FONOFF
OFFICIALS REVEALED THAT MOSCOW AMBASSADOR SHIGEMITSU WAS PRESENTED
THE SAME DEMANDS MADE EARLIER IN TOKYO. AMBASSADOR POLANSKY IS
SCHEDULED TO MEET VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ARITA THIS AFTERNOON
(SEPTEMBER 9) IN WHAT THE PRESS EXPECTS WILL BE PRESENTATION OF
THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE SOVIET GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE TO DATE. THIS,
IS THE FIRST TIME THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR HAS BECOME INVOLVED.
5, THERE IS LITTLE COMMENTARY ON IMPLICATIONS FOR US-JAPAN
RELATIONS. ONE FOREIGN OFFICE SOURCE IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE US TO DIRECTLY SEEK THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE MIG-25, AND THAT THE us HAS ATTACHED NO CONDITION TO
BELENKO'S ASYLUM OTHER THAN CONFIRMATION OF HIS INTENTIONS.
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MEMORANDUM
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Outside System
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
ACTION
September 9, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT ank
FROM:
Mr. Clift
NSF OBE,
SUBJECT:
Brezhnev Message on MIG-25 Pilot
Action
completed
The message from Brezhnev to the President delivered by Voronstov
on September 8 requires a businesslike reply from the President
setting the record straight with regard to the MIG-25 pilot's request
for asylum and advising that the President will look forward to meeting
with Gromyko later this month. I recommend that you sign the
memorandum to Larry Eagleburger for Hal Sonnenfeldt at Tab A
requesting State to prepare a proposed reply for consideration by the
President.
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the memorandum at Tab A, to be handcarried on this
morning's 10:00 a. m. courier run to State.
(in envirops
To Ed Roberts
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MEMORANDUM TO:
LARRY EAGLEBURGER
FOR:
HAL SONNENFELDT
SUBJECT:
Message From Brezhnev
on MIG-25 Pilot
Last evening Voronstov delivered the attached message to the
President from General Secretary Brezhnev expressing his bitter-
ness over the U.S. role in the defection of the Soviet MIG-25 pilot,
stating that this is an issue Gromyko will follow up on when in
Washington this month, and advising that attempts by the United
States to get access to the aircraft cannot but leave their mark on
US-USSR relations.
Would you please prepare a proposed draft reply from the President
to Brezhnev setting the record straight and advising that the
President is looking forward to meeting with Gromyko when the
Foreign Minister comes to Washington.
May we please have the draft by noon, Friday, September 10.
Brent Scowcroft
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Dear Mr. President,
I have just learned of the statement of the White
House that you have offered asylum to the Soviet pilot
who is now in Japan. I must express my extreme surprise
with regard to this step on your part.
So what is going on now?
The matter concerns the serviceman of the Soviet
Union who by a concurrence of circumstances. was forced
to land on the territory of Japan. And the US Government
is eager immediately to lay a hand on this pilot and the
Soviet aircraft.
Even if what happened to the pilot were as some people
try to present it, in that case too the step you have taken
cannot be justified in any way. In fact you have urged
the Soviet serviceman, opening the doors wide before him,
to seek asylum in the United States in violation of his
military oath of allegiance.
We are convinced that the situation is different at
all and that we have here the use of violence and unlawful
methods with respect to the Soviet pilot. Otherwise, why
should the meeting of Soviet representatives with the pilot
be denied?
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In this connection I would like to draw your attention
to the fact that the Japanese television showed how the Soviet
pilot was taken from Hakodate airport to Tokyo. This program
was watch a by millions of people. A sack was put on the man's
head, he was dragged into a car by rude physical force. Can.
you really approve of all that?
I will tell you frankly, Mr. President, the position,
expressed in the said statement of the White House does not
conform at all to the assurances given by you on more than
one occasion as to your desire to continue the course for
better relations between our countries. Moreover, and I want
to be frank on this point too, we feel also concerned about
many other things that are being said and done in the United
States in the course of recent months. I have already drawn
your attention to a number of points in this connection.
These points as well as other questions of Soviet-US
relations will, of course, be the subject of conversation
when A.A. Gromyko visits Washington on your invitation later
this month. As of now I would like to refer to only one
above-mentioned fact and to your position in this connection.
And I must say, I speak of it with the feeling of bitterness.
I would repeat in conslusion: any actions on the part of
the United States with regard to the Soviet pilot, as mentioned
in the statement of the White House, as well as the attempts of
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but leave their mark on our relations.
L.I. BRESHNEV
September 8, 1976
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In diplomatic circles, the first instance of Soviet/
Warsaw Pact representatives discussing the defection occurred
at a Bulgarian sponsored reception in Sofia. The Soviet
Attache approached his US counterpat on several occasions
and insisted on private discussions concerning the status of
the defector. However, it appears his enthusiasm for
extracting information exceeded his capacity for alcohol.
He pursued the subject while initiating repeated toasts and
consuming several "final" drinks. To the embarrassment of
other Soviet dignitaries present, he departed the reception
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TAC LANGLEY AFB VA
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AFEWC KELLY AFB TX
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AFSC ANDREWS AFB MD
MAC SCOTT AFB IL
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6921 SCTYW MISAWA AB JA
CORUSAMICOM REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
CDR US ARMY INTEL AGENCY FORT MEADE MD
USDAO MOSCOW USSR
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COMNAVINTCOM FOR NIC-03, 7682 FOR INUA, AND INOA, DA
FOR DAMI-DOM, FTD DET 3 FOR DA, CINCRAC FOR J233, PACAF
FOR DOIT, FTD FOR XRQH AND FAM, TAC FOR INOA, CINCSAC FOR INY,
AFENC FOR SURP, FST CH FOR DRXST-FA1, MICOM FOR DRSMI-YDL
AND DRSMI-YOR, CSAF FOR INY, AFSC FOR INJ, 5 AF FOR INX,
MAC FOR IN, DIRNSA FOR C-54 AND CSS, 6921 FOR COL CARNAHAN,
USAINTA FOR MIIA-INC, OM, USCINCEIR FOR ECJ2-R, USAFE FOR
INCFR, CIA FOR DOC/INT/RQ AND IDC, STATE FOR INR/OIL,
COMUSJAPAN FOR J-2,
THIS IS REPORT NUMBER 15.
SUBJ: STABLEMATE CUI.
1. (S/NOFORN) AIRA ET WITH JASDF CHIEF OF STAFF, GEN TSUMODA, VICE
CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN HIRANO AND DCS/DEFENSE, MGEN NAMATAME,
LATE AFTERNOON 13 SEP 76 TO EXPLAIN THE REDISIGNATION OF COMUSJ
AS OVERALL COORDINATING AUTHORITY FOR MIG=25 EXPLOITATION. POINTED
OUT THAT DAD RELATIONS WITH JDA AND JASDF WOULD REMAIN SAME. ALL
UNDERSTOOD, GEN HIRANO ASKED WHAT US SIDE'S OPINION OF BEST WAY
TO EXPLOIT. AIRA EMPHASIZED THAT BEST WAY WOULD BE TO LET APPROX
14 US SPECIALISTS WORK WITH INTACT ACFT, 24 HRS A DAY FOR APPROX
SEVEN DAYS. HIRANO ASKED WHETHER WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS
WOULD NOT BE ADEQUATE. AIRA EXPLAINED IMPORTANCE OF OPERATION AND
ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMS IN THEIR TOTALLTY AND IN THEIR NORMAL ACFT
ENVORONMENT IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THEIR TRUE OPERATING CHARACTER-
ISTICS. GEN TSUMODA EXPRESSED HIS UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DESIRES
BUT CITED PROBLEM OF GETTING JDA INTERNAL BUREAU OFFICIALS APPROVAL.
2. (S/NOFORN) MORNING OF 14 SEP 76 JASDF OFFICIALS GAVE AIRA 380
COLOR AND 1485 BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS OF MIG-25. MSG IR BEING
PREPARED BY DAO. PRINTS WILL BE TURNED OVER TO DET 4 FTD FOR
DUPLICATION AND USE,
3. (S/NOFORN) IN BRIEFING WITH DEF MIN SAKATA 13 SEP, MGEN
MITSUII HAS ASKED ABOUT BEST WAY FOR ACFT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF
HAKODATE. HE REPLIED BY USAF 0-5, SAKATA INDICATED TO HIM THAT
THIS SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD IDEA,
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MOSCOW, SEP 14, REUTER - THE SOVIET UNION TONIGHT
IMPLICITLY CHARGED THAT JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES HAD
CONNIVED AT COMPELLING A RUSSIAN AIR FORCE PILOT WHO LANDED A
TOP-SECRET JET IN JAPAN LAST WEEK TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE WEST.
THE OFICIAL TASS NEWS AGENCY, IN THE FIRST SOVIET COMMENT
ON THE AFFAIR, SAID FIRST LIEUTENANT VIKTOR BELENKO HAD BEEN ON
A ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN HE LOST HIS BEARINGS, RAN OUT OF
FUEL, AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN JAPAN.
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BELENKO IS NOW IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE HE WAS GRANTED
POLITICAL ASYLUM ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF PRESIDENT FORD.
INSTEAD OF CONTACTING SOVIET DIPLOMATS, THE AGENCY SAID,
HE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES ""PUT THE SOVIET PILOT INTO STRICT
ISOLATION WHICH GIVES GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT VARIOUS
METHODS WERE USED TO INFLUENCE HIM.""
TASS ALSO ACCUSED PRESIDENT FORD OF INCITING THE PILOT TO
DEFECT BY ANNOUNCING THROUGH HIS WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN THAT
BELENKO WOULD BE GIVEN ASYLUM BEFORE IT WAS KNOWN WHETHER HE
HAD ASKED FOR IT.
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THE TASS ACCOUNT, WHICH FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE VERSION OF THE
AFFAIR WHICH HAS BEEN DISSEMINATED BY THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN
TOKYO, SAID THAT WHEN BELENKO WAS ALLOWED TO MEET A RUSSIAN
DIPLOMAT HE SAT "LIKE A DUMMY.""
THE MEETING, TASS ADDED, ""SHOWED THAT V.I. BELENKO WAS NOT
IN A NOR MAL STATE AND WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS OR
SOME or HER DRUG. --
THE ALLEGATIONS CLOSELY PARALLELED SIMILAR CHARGES ISSUED
IN MOSCOW AT THE WEEKEND WHEN A SOVIET NEWSPAPER SAID OLYMPIC
DIVER SERGEI NEMTSANOV HAD BEEN DRUGGED IN CANADA IN AN
APPARENT BID TO MAKE HIM STAY IN THE WEST.
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MOSCOW (AP) -- THE SOVIET UNION ACCUSED JAPAN TODAY OF ''IGNORING TH
ELEMENTARY NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS'' IN REFUSING TO RETURN A
MIC25 JET FIGHTER AND ITS DEFECTING PILOT.
IN THE FIRST PUBLIC SOVIET COMMENT SINCE THE JET LANDED IN JAPAN
SEPT.6 AND THE PILOT WAS GIVEN ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES, THE TASS
NEWS AGENCY SAID THAT JAPANESE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES IN
THE MATTER HAS HARMED SOVIET-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
TASS SAID THE AIRPLANE, WHICH IT DID NOT IDENTIFY AS THE MIG25, ONE
OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED IN THE WORLD, HAD LANDED IN JAPAN BECAUSE
IT LOST ITS BEARINGS AND RAN OUT OF FUEL.
IT SAID JAPANESE AUTHORITIES HELD THE PILOT, LT. VIKTOR IVANOVICH
BELENKO, AGAINST HIS WILL, AND THAT HE WAS SENT TO THE UNITED STATES
AGAINST HIS WILL. IT DENIED HE HAD SOUGHT ASYLUM.
TASS REFERRED TO A SOVIET STATEMENT TO THE JAPANESE ON SEPT. 0 ''IN
WHICH THE ACTS OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WERE QUALIFIED AS OPENLY
UNFRIENDLY TOWARDS THE SOVIET UNION.
IT SAID THE JAPANESE DID NOT REPLY.
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("WHO NEEDS IT?"--TASS HEADLINE)
(TEXT) MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 14, TASS--ALL KINDS OF ISSUES
CAN ARISE, SOME TOTALLY UNFORESEEN, IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN
STATES, ESPECIALLY NEIGHBOUR STATES. IF THE STATES INVOLVED
IN SUCH A ISSUE SET REAL STORE BY THEIR RELATIONS, THEY GO ABOUT
SOLVING THE ISSUE IN A CALM MANNER TRYING NOT TO DAMAGE THE
INTERESTS OF ANY OF THE SIDES, AN UNFORESEEN CONCATENATION OF
EVENTS HAS BROUGHT ABOUT JUST THAT KIND OF ISSUE IN SOVIET-
JAPANESE RELATIONS A FEW DAYS AGO.
ON SEPTEMBER 6 ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHTS WERE GOING ON AI A FAR
EASTERN SOVIET AIRFIELD. A PLANE PILOTED BY AIRMAN V.I. BELENKO
LOST ITS BEARINGS. IT FOUND ITSELF CLOSE TO JAPANESE TERRITORY,
AND, WITH NOT ENOUGH FUEL FOR A RETURN FLIGHT, MADE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING AT THE AIRPORT IN THE JAPANESE TOWN OF HAKODATE.
THE FIRST DUTY OF THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES WOULD SEEM TO HAVE
BEEN TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SOVIET AIRMAN TO CONTACT
SOVIET OFFICES IN JAPAN--THE USSR EMBASSY IN TOKYO AND THE USSR
GENERAL CONSULATE IN SAPPORO JUST 150 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM HAKODATE.
THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES ACTED OTHERWISE. THEY PUT THE SOVIET
AIRMAN IN STRICT ISOLATION WHICH GIVES GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT
VARIOUS METHODS WERE USED TO INFLUENCE HIM. MILLIONS OF JAPANESE
TV VIEWERS SAW THE AIRMAN, WITH SACK PULLED OVER HIS HEAD, BEING
MOVED FROM HAKODATE TO TOKYO, DRAGGED BY POLICE, PUSHED BY THEM
INTO A CAR AND HAVING HIS HEAD PRESSED AGAINST THE SEAT.
DESPITE PERSISTENT APPEALS OF THE SOVIET SIDE, THE JAPANESE
AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO ALLOW THEM TO MEET BELENKO FOR ALMOST
FOUR DAYS, THUS GROSSLY VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOVIET-
JAPANESE CONSULAR CONVENTION, ARTICLES 31-32, WHICH ENVIISAGE THAT
A DETAINED CITIZETN OF ANOTHER STATE SHOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE MEETING
ARRANGED WITH THAT STATE'S REPRESENATIVES.
IT IS NOTABLE-THAT THIRD STATES HAVE INTERFERED IN THE AFFAIR
WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF JAPANESE AUTHORITIES. ON THE DAY. FOLLOWING
THE LANDING OF THE SOVIET PLANE IN JAPAN, AN OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE
SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PRESIDENT FORD HAD DECIDED TO GRANT ASYLUM TO
THE SOVIET AIRMAN. THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN HAD TO ADMIT THAT THE
AMERICAN AUTHORITIES DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHETHER THE AIRMAN
HAD ASKED FOR AN ASYLUM IN THE USA.
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