DATE: AUG 2007 ONDLE WA BYCHAN s¥sTEW guy re EO 12958 3.3(b) (1) >25¥rs 28 daly 1967 eyes ONLY MRNORAMDUM FORt The Ronowable Dean Rusk ‘The Secretary of State ‘SUBJROTs oxcant 1, When we talked together on 26 July, you asked me te provide you with eortain epecitio ition about OIOART. It appears be- 2. at the it time three (3) OXCART atreraft are deployed fe Kadena 13, | Skineay for Fovennaiasance of North Vietum. Thres (3) operational OLCART aircraft are training and proficiency wiasione. 3. The USTD requirement for Coben seria) resennat oeance is missions por eatisty this requirement. k. Project OXART hag decn maintaining @ seven-day quick re- action capability for Cuban iseance aince Rovenber 196k. approval, missions can be launched on a twenty- four hour alert basis. The three operational airoraf't| are presently twelve to fifteen month and can satisfy Cuban requirenents by substituting Miseions ay necessary for sinilar training «(See map et~ tached.) Two serial refuelings are ‘tude of sbove 76,000 feet coupled vith hgh speed (Nath 3.2) and sophisticated Electronics Counter Mensuree nekes OXCART virtually invalnerable to SAK or stteck. A single flight, weather permitting, will cover in exsese of 908 of the Keland of Cuba providing « fifty-four nile phote svath with rescle- tien from ene to three fest. FOR RELEASE TUNOLE WA BYEWN stew oxy Rye 4531-67 CopyHANDLE VIA BYEMAN SEM OU i i He E i f e3 dana fi re i s “a 2 3 Ba WS 3 HANDLE YIA BYEMAN SYSTEW ONLY