Minister of Defense Gudmund Harlem withdrew on 18 February 1961, largely because of his lack of control over Colonel Vilhelm Evang at Bodø and his liberal permissions to US reconnaissance missions.
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In the aftermath, Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev threatened to bomb Bodø Main Air Station as he regarded it as a strategic target.
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Alternative locations were considered, such as at Straumøya and Fauskemyrene, but Bodø was preferred by civilian authorities because of its proximity to the town.
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