The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974

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Chapter 5
Lan-chou, PRC, 23 February 1962
for air order of battle. In addition to the primary targets already de­
scribed, the initial series of Project TACKLE missions obtained pho­
tography of the submarine construction facilities at Shanghai and
Wu-ch'ang, which showed a low levd of activity. Other photographs
revealed tremendous expansion of the industrial complexes at
Nanking and Ch'ang-sha and the pre:sence of a previously unknown
industrial area at Chiang-yu.•
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Encouraged by the success of the first TACKLE missions,
COMOR recommended in May 1962 that Detachment H cover as
many as possible of the highest priority industrial and airfield targets
in northeast China and the missile! test ranges in north China.
COMOR noted that, with the exception of the areas around Peiping
and the Shuangchengzi missile test range, the chances of a U-2 being
downed were low. The USIB concurred with COMOR's recommen­
dations, and Detachment H therefore conducted three more over­
flights of the PRC during the month of June:'
~• OSr\ History. chap. 17. p. -l5 (TS Codeword;,: Mission folders GRCI02 (23 February
1962). GRCIO-l ( 13 March 1962). and GRCI06 (26 March 1962). OSA records. j ob
67-8-972. box 19 (TS Codeword).
" Lay, "USIB History." vol. 2. pp. 385-386 (T:S Codeword).