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

Approved for Release: 2013/06/25 --- Secret NOFORN Chapter 2 90 used in various scenarios, including one in which the pilot was captured. Even in such a case, however, the proposed policy was for the United States to stick to the weather research cover story, a course of action that would prove disastrous in May 1960.⁷⁵ --- ⁷⁵ *OSA History*, chap. 8, pp. 30-35; chap. 11, annex 73 (TS Codeword). --- Secret Approved for Release: 2013/06/25