segretario difesa Usa 1989: nessun aereo Usa era in volo al momento della strage di Ustica

JOINT STAFF ACTION PROCESSING FORM CLASSIFICATION DIRECTORATE ACTION NUMBER UNCLASSIFIED J-3M 020-89, 09.01.89 ACTION SUSPENCE APPROVAL COB 09 JAN SIGNATURE SJS NUMBER 1516/092 SUBJECT INVESTIGATION ON THE DOWNING OF ITAVIA DC9 INTHE CENTRAL TYRRHENIAN SEA ON 27.06.80 ACTION SUMMARY 1. THE DEPUTY SEGRETARY OF DEFENSE REQUESTED, (DEPSECDEF MEMO, 29.12 88, "RESPONSE TO ITALIAN AIDE MEMORIE") IN RESPONSE TO AN ITALIAN AMBASSY REQUEST, (ITALIAN AMBASSY AIDE MEMOIRE, 27.12.88 (SJS 1516/092, SJS 1516/092-01) THAT THE US PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE WHICH MIGHT A BEARING ON THE DOWNING OF AN ITALIAN DC9 ON 27.06.80. 2. APPROPIATE AGENCIES RESEARCHED THIS INFORMATION AT AN EARLIER DATE AND DETERMINED THAT THE US DID NOT HAVE AIRCRAFT OR SHIPS OPERATING IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN REVERIFIED WITH USEUCOM. THE ATTACHED PROPOSED DJS MEMORANDUM INFORMS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OF THIS FACT AND PROVIDES A PROPOSED MEMORANDUM FOR RESPONSE TO THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR. 3. RECOMMED DJS APPROVED AND FORWARD ATTACHED PROPOSED MEMORANDUM.