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CIA • 1976

BONANZA OR BUST?

Tz TICLE APPEARED ON PAGE _ IlsilTELLIGENCE - Bonanza or Bust? Approved for Release: 2019/04/11 C05093953 / TINE 1 November 1976 1 When a Russian pilot flew a IvliG- 25 to northern Japan last month and 1 asked for political asylum in the U.S., CIA Director George Bush hailed the de- ' fection as an "intelligence bonanza." i According to euphoric Pentagon spokes- I men, an examination of the plane and interrogation of the Pilot would yield vi- tal secrets about Soviet air-weapons technology. But...
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Created
Mar 8, 2023
Released
May 29, 2019
Publication
Nov 1, 1976
Case number
F-2016-00620

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Metadata

Document #

05093953

Case #

F-2016-00620

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIFPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

1 pages

File Size

93.54 KB