Any sharing of the information could encourage countries to improve their military camouflage and defeat the principle of openness that is at the basis of the open skies proposal, Mr. Hawes said today.

The initiative drew heavily on President Eisenhower's 1955 "open skies" proposal, which was developed before the age of spy satellites.

In 1955 at the Geneva summit, President Eisenhower offered the Soviets an open skies proposal to help overcome the problems engendered by reciprocal fears.

Mr. Baker then took off for Bulgaria and Romania on his way to a conference in Ottawa on the "open skies" proposal for air missions over other nations' territories.

Open Skies for Peace in the Age of Nuclear Weapons Video and documents about President Eisenhower's open skies proposal.

Open Skies' Proposal Moscow also responded positively to an American "open skies" proposal that would allow unarmed aircraft from NATO and Warsaw Pact nations to fly over one another's territory.

As overseer of Cold War propaganda, he fought for and won adoption of Ike's "open skies" proposal linking inspections to the cause of nuclear arms control.

Its results were meagre; the Russians agreed to consider Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal for aerial inspection of military installations (only to reject it later), and there was some talk of a new spirit in international affairs - the "spirit of Geneva".

And that's the idea behind the "open skies" proposal about which the Soviets have now expressed a positive attitude.

Mrs. Whitman said that she wanted to see the president's "clear skies" proposal on air pollution through Congress.