' J· J· EPli DUG£1l -A TIIE NATIOllAL' AffClll VE$ DECLASSIFIED _ --- -·· - --- • - - - •· · - - -- • - ·1 Au1r'lomv o O- -- ---· NrJJ '1 v lo • ' - - - r --✓ - l - - · -· -·· · • •_ · •• - - 7o 1 ft - · ' · -· - _ 9 ™ NAP A Oate IJJ 1 7 ZLS • Department o 1 ate TELEGRAM tL •s Ec RET PAGE 0 1 t• COPENH 02835 008 22 t 9i 2 53 J ACTION Ss 70 INFO sso 00 NSCE 00 US I E 0 cco 00 MM 0l i j i W ---------- ----··'·· 0 ·2218322 J AN 6R FH AMENBASSy COPENHAGEN TO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE i28 7 INFO HQ uSEUCOM VA I HtNGEN GERMANY SECRET ·cOPENHAGEN 2835 Li MOJS SUBJEC T THULE 6•52 CRASH I• oEPT OF 0EFENSE STATEMENT RE THULE c cibENt ARRIV toPEN AG8N SHORTLY AFT R SPATE OF RUMORs ·RtGARD I NG CRASH BEGAN ciRcuLA r ING THROUGHOUT CITY • PENTAGON RE EASE HAS HELP 6 UT 'THE M ASi ST L D LUGED BY RESS RAD IO AND TV SEEKINri o T i s ANO l N UiiiN ABOUT US POSITION IN GREENLAND • 2 • FONNIN HANS TABOR IN A PRES S RElEASE ABOUT 700 SAi O 'THiT IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A CASE 0 AN tHERciE y LANDi G av A us AIRCRAFT NOT RPT NOT BASED IN OREENlANO• TABOR ' S st r EM8NT PAGE RUDKPN 2835 SEC RE T SA I D• THE DAN I SH PO LICY RE AROtNG NUtLE AR WtAPONS A S0 APPLIES TO GREENLAND ANO ALSci ' THE iJR SPAC OVE R ·GREE LiND • i I t· R4' ·SECRE T t yf f • • • • OEClASSIFIED ' ' 9h1o rY- · ·- --- - NrJ1 By tt NAP A Oate¥k 1 1 · -- y i ut 'lority AiNl' oJ ft ' ' 1 I - -·--- - - •· l i Department of State TELEGRAM j ' _____________________________________ · SECRET PAGE 2 COPENH 02835 J 2219 122 THERE ARE NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ·GREENLAND• T E AMERICAN AUT oR1T1Es ARE AWARE oF oENMARKs •s NucLEAR - oLic · ANci THE DANISH GOVT ASSUMES THAT 'THE E ARE NO AMERitAN OVER f I TS OF GREENLAND BY AIRCRAFT CARiYiNG ·NUC EAR ·ijEA ONS IN t NNEtT I ON wiTH 'THE ACCIDENT WE HAVE BEEN I NFORMED'THAT AMERiCAN AUTHORiTIES WILL AKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES • FOUR AMERICAN INVESTIGATIVE GROUPS ARE PRESENTLY oN ·THE w y To •t E I tE•·pi ·rH 1 G rD NT r g i-iaAssY IN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED ' O 9E T RURTHER i NFORM TiON CONCERN I NG THE ACCIDENT • IT s WEL KNOWN J'H A THE ·us · ' R' ·13 ASONS OF WESTERN SECUR I TY ALWAYS HAS NUCLEAR ARMED AIRCRAFT ALOFT ANO IT IS CLEAR THAT A LACK OF AiRPORTS iN T E ARtTtC AREA CAN HAKE TT NECESSARY AT TIMES OF EMERGENC FOR IN AIRtRi T TO EEK A LANDING IN GREENLAND• iT AP EARS ROM ·i AE A ER CAN EXPLANATIONS THAT THIS WAS A 'CASE OF AN EMERGENC Y AN5iNG o AN AT TEMPTED LANDING IN THE i ULE AREAi p KRAci AT A OUT i 900 LOCAL TIME MADE SJMILAR STATEMENT• PAGE 3 RUDKPN 2835 SECRET 3• LT• COL• JAMES H• DICKSON HEADQUARTERS US EUCOM UNDER ORDERS FROM ASST SECRY OF DEFENSE GOULD IN ARRIVED LATE THiS AFTERNOON FROM sruTTGART• HE w s DOD TION OFFICER iN ·c ARGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR THE ALOMARES INC15ENT ANri WILL ASSiST EMBASSY 1N MEET ING PROBLEMS tRE 4• POSSIBLE REQUIREMENT AT A FUTURE DATE FQR U•S• EXPERT l E IN FIELDS OF WEAPONS HEALTH ·PHYSICS AND ·trRCUMSiANCES - THIS ACCIDENT MAY DICTATE SUcH EXPERlS 8E tDENTIFIED ANO ALERTED• INQUIRIES ALREADY RECEIVED DEMONSTRATE INTENSE INTEREST IN DETAILS ABOUT RA6IATiON H ZARDS OHt SAFETi AND THE SIMI LARITY THIS TO PALOMARES • - ' POLICE HAVE REINFORCED SEtUR TY PRECAUTio s CHANCERY AREA ACCORDJNG TO REL IABLE PRESS INFORMANT 5 • 6• EFFECT OF ACCIDENTON THE NATIONAL ELECTiONS TOMORROW OF COURSE• JS UNKNOWN SOHE SPECULATE THAT tiHE BEFORE POLLING 1s so SHORT THAT THE CRASH 1i ·uNLI EL To AVE A MEASURAijLE ·sECRET r - •• DECLASSIFIED • ' i - AuL'lo ity '·- - • • --- _ · ' --' - 20 IJNJ 1h o o Jd 6• · ---- · _ klJ 1 Departrne nt of State By e r NAP A Date • ' it ·' i l I PA GE 0 3 COP ENH 0 2835 22 9tiZ EFFECT UPO N THE OUTCOME • WH 1TE • ·sEcRe T TELEGRAM • '