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NOTES TO PAGES 293-306 593
Forecast of NRP Satellite and Aircraft
Overnight Activities', 19.10.73, National
Security Archive. See also JCS Memo for
the Members of Special Committee,
'Proposed SR-71 Deployment', 08.10.73,
ibid.
58 Account by Colonel Jim Wilson, 'OL­
Griffiss AFB, Rome, New York, 1973 Yom
Kippur War', http://www.wvLcom/-sr71
webmater/griffiss.html.
59 See also Brugioni, 'The Effects of Aerial
and Satellite Imagery'.
60 Van der Art, Aerial Espionage, p.67
61 Siniver, Nixon, Kissinger and US Foreign
Policy Making, pp.201-3.
62 William Colby/Kissinger, 9.40 a.m.,
24. I 0.73, Kissinger Tel~cons, NPM, NARA
63 Heath (PM) to Bridges (T)' 28.10.73,
PREM 15/1382.
64 Note by the Assessments Staff, 'The US
Alert of 25 October', 29.10.73, ibid.
65 Smith (CAB) to Bridges (T), 'The
American Alert of 25 October 1973·, ibid;
Hunt (Cab Sec) to Heath (PM), 'Crisis
Management', 19.12.73, ibid.
66 Overton (FCO), 'USIUK Relations',
12.11.73, FCO 82/306.
67 Simons (Washington Embassy) to Herman
(l1C), JIC 2/3, 'New Director of Central
Intelligence (DCI)', 12.01.73, DEFE
13/891.
68 Mumford (MoD) to Carrington (De! Sec),
07. 11.73, ibid. See also record of a mtg
between Carrington and Schlesinger in
The Hague, 07.11.73, ibid. Harry Bergold
was Deputy Assistant Secretary for
European and NATO Affairs at the
Department of Defense.
69 Carrington (SoS MoD) to DouglaS-Home
(SoS Fa), Mal 5/211 and annex, 26.10.73,
ibid.
70 Amery (FCO) to Carrington (SoS MoD),
0l.I 1.73, DEFE 13/900.
7 I 'Visit of US Secretary of State: US Request
for Reconnaissance Flight Facilities in
Cyprus', 28.03.74, FC082/441.
72 Simons (Washington) to Arthur (FCO), JIC
211 2, 'Information about Israeli/Egyptian
Disengagement from US Reconnaissance
Flights', 24.04.74, FCO 93/401.
73 NRO memo for Dr McLucas, 'Denied Area
Aircraft Reconnaissance', 25.10.73,
National Security Archive.
74 BDS Washington to MoD, 23.07.74, DEFE
25/345.
75 Killick to PUS, 16.01.74, FCO 82/443.
76 Sykes (Washington) to Brimelow (FCO),
13.08.73, FCO 82/311. Richard Sykes was
later Ambassador to the Netherlands, and
was shot and killed there by the IRA on
22 March 1979. It is widely thought that
he was mistaken for the Chief of SIS, who
had visited The Hague the previous day.
Chapter 16: Disaster at Kizildere
I Ankara to 50S, No.2593, 'Kidnapping of
NATO Tech Reps', 07.04.72, Subject
Numeric Box 2638, RG 59 NARA.
2 Owen, Time to Dec/are, pp.391-2.
3 There were also suggestions of assistance
from Kuwait. Amman to 50S, No.1060,
'Turkish Terrorist-Faydeen Relations',
13.03.71, Subject Numeric Box 2229, RG
59 NARA.
4 Richelson, American Espionage, p.84;
Bamford, Puzzle Palace, p.159
5 Bamford, Body of Secrets, p.43.
6 Richelson, Century, pp.258-60
7 Richelson, American Espionage, pp.85-9;
Bamford, Puzzle Palace, p. I 59
8 Richelson, Wizards of Langley, p.36.
9 Mitchell (BJSM), 'Ground Noise Listening
Operations Turkey', 12.05.52,
AFSII 700/6/Int, 12.05.52, File 381, Box
5, Army Int. TS Decimal File, 1945-52,
Entry 47A, RG 319, NARA
10 Allen (Ankara) to Rennie (Fa), 13.04.64,
CII9/2, Fa 3711174762.
11 'Envoy Komer's Car Burned in Turkey',
Washington Post, 07.01.69.
12 Ankara to SoS, No.669, 'TUSLOG
Bombed', 29.01.71, Subject Numeric Box
2229, RG 59 NARA.
13 This was James Finley. Baumann,
Diplomatic Kidnapping, p.89.
14 Bamford, Puzzle Palace, p. I 59
15 The four airmen were S/Sgt Jimmie
Sexton and three Airmen 1st Class: James
M. Gholson, Larry Heavner and Richard
CaraszL 'No More Tribute for Terrorism',
Time, 22.03.71.
16 Ankara to SoS, No.933, 'Kidnapped
Airmen: Situation Mid-Morning 5 March',
5.03.71, Subject Numeric Box 2229, RG
59 NARA.
17 Kissinger to Nixon, 'Kidnappings in
Turkey', 06.03.71, FRUS, 1969-76,
VoI.XXIX, pp.1082-3
18 KrahenbuhL 'Political Kidnappings in
Turkey', pp.45-7
19 Ibid., pp.39-40
20 Ibid., p.48
21 The terrorists were Deniz Gezmi~, Yusuf
Asian, Huesyin Inan, Sinan Cemgil and
Mete Ertekin. Baumann, Diplomatic
Kidnappings, pp.89-91