Scott Free, New Sparta Team For ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ About CIA Soviet Sub Salvage Mission
Scott Free Films and New Sparta Films will team on Neither Confirm Nor Deny, the true story of the CIA secret mission to recover a nuclear Soviet submarine three miles under the Pacific Ocean. The companies have just acquired the David H. Sharp book The CIA’s Greatest Covert Operation.
At the height of the Cold War in the late 1960s, the Soviet nuclear submarine K-129 sank in mysterious circumstances. Despite a massive secret search, the Soviets never found their missing submarine – but the Americans located it. The CIA hatched Azorian, the code name for a six year operation to bring up the sub and its secrets, in plain view of the Soviets. They did this using a cover story involving ocean mining fronted by the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Using the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a vessel built specifically for the salvage job, the Americans brought the ship up from the ocean floor. When their cover is later blown by press coverage, the CIA crafted a response that has become all too common in making journalists roll their eyes: we can neither confirm nor deny.
https://deadline.com/2017/08/cia-project-azorian-soviet-nuclear-submarine-movie-scott-free-new-sparta-1202153651/