NYT reported on a plutonium generator lost by the CIA in the Himalayas

In 1965, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lost a plutonium generator in the Himalayas, which was used in a secret operation to spy on China. This was reported on December 14 by The New York Times (NYT).

"The mission required maximum secrecy," the publication says.

The operation was organized after China's first nuclear tests in 1964. American and Indian climbers selected by the US CIA were to install signal interception equipment at the top of Nanda Devi, including a portable SNAP-19C generator powered by radioactive fuel.

The expedition almost reached the top, but due to a sharp deterioration in the weather, the group was forced to descend urgently. By the decision of Captain M.S. Kohli, the equipment was hidden on an icy ledge.

When the climbers returned in 1966, the generator containing plutonium isotopes could not be found. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

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