CIA: C-I-A record detailing the status of a proposed U-2 reconnaissance mission

Declassified. This episode features a declassified C-I-A record detailing the status of a proposed U-2 reconnaissance mission over Communist China and the Taiwan Strait, dated August twenty-first, nineteen-sixty-two. This document is archived at documents two dot the black vault dot com. This document, originally marked Top Secret, was declassified on June tenth, two-thousand-two, under the Freedom of Information Act and reviewed by the A-A-R-O, or Assassination Records Review Board, as part of its declassification mandate. The document was released with some redactions under exemption B-one. The record begins with a memorandum dated August twenty-first, nineteen-sixty-two, from the Chief, Special Requirements Staff / O-S-A / D-D-R to the Deputy Director (Research), Acting Assistant Director (Special Activities) / D-D-R, and Chief, F-E Division / D-D-P. The subject is: "Status of memo to the Director on Special Group Approval for TACKLE." The memorandum states: "On August twentieth the