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...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- 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
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Pages
1 pages
File Size
93.54 KB