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Secret NOFORN
Chapter 5
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*Nationalist Chinese U-2R*
March 1972, when the President’s visit took place, Detachment H ceased all operational missions.⁶⁷
In March 1973, the TACKLE agreement with the Nationalist Chinese was renegotiated. Although no end date was set, the agreement contained a termination clause that would become effective three months after notification by either party. This clause provided more flexibility to the United States, which could now end the Nationalist Chinese U-2 program whenever US foreign policy considerations made such a step desirable.
Operation SCOPE SHIELD Over North Vietnam
In addition to the Project TACKLE peripheral missions against the PRC, Detachment H (with Agency rather than Nationalist Chinese pilots) flew a series of missions known as Operation SCOPE SHIELD to gather intelligence on activities in North Vietnam. The Indochina area had become the responsibility of the Air Force in 1964, but, under the terms of the cease-fire agreement negotiated with North
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⁶⁷ Ibid., pp. 44-45 (TS Codeword).
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