I • · REPRODUCED AT TJJE NATIONAL AHCIIIV · •• _a __ _ -• • - a j M a DECLASSrAED p • - - r - r • • I • I I a _ • AU11lotity All 7t ftJo - SL By_ - flARA Dare Le l ---··-· ----- I U 2 2 4 9 OUTGOING TElEGRAM INOtcAlt 0 OlUCi Departmen J r 0 Ill 11 S Da1 1ce ro II - £ l2 lL 1 1 ACTION STATE Amembassy COPENHAGEN 0 I qI i 1022 4 9 n i- • • ·C' l 1 r l '1m• At 2040Z today USAF aircraft B-52 7 _ EXRk era shed in Nor th S XU Five sur- Star Bay seven and one-half miles f rom Thule Base vivors rescued Aircraft carried four repeat four unaI1Ded nuclear weapons Wreckage covers five mi le area • Difficult climate conditions and lack of daylight hampering search Special USAF team being sent 71 Department has in- operations formed Danish Ambassador here who is reporting to Kif Copenhagen Ambassador said absolute conditionu that first news o f crash be released De pa rtm ent complete 1 y agrees and inf onna tion being very closely held here ff' Embassy should of course make no repeat no comment and if queried by anybody prior 0anisl1 announcement Embassy 7 FYI should refer persons to Danes We are giving Danish F mbassy text of type of statement we would make if repeat if releasing information US were RUSK END tJ -- - °' '•i 1 _c-EJ IB __ __Bf JBe au gy J p_ k 1_ •H r ••a ItH - --_j f-· - ' · · 1 1 S S-0 Mr Heym ann jLl s s MR Meehan in substance EUR SCAN Mr Mc Ki 11 op 1 itJ DOD Mr Goulding fqt fl -· - ---r- SECRET ---· i r - · • • •- - - _ - - - _J