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Francis Gary Powers — Part 1

60 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Jun 9, 1960 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Francis Gary Powers · 60 pages OCR'd
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Be ee os rn ve ‘Unless the pilot wes “poreed to fly lower “because . can of some emergency, there cen be no excuse for his being detected, -or for being teken alive with {mportant data on his person or left undestroyed on the plene. And why was the risk tsken to ; send a | Plene over Russia at that most critical t ime? oe ae , ‘ eae, “americen-born ‘citizens, ( end I speak for many who heve expressed: the above opinon) hope that there will be ‘an investigation, if it has not already been done, into the ae . pilot's beckground: his perents, his politicel views, his - financial stetus(seny extensive deposits recently) and whether “he hes been known to have conmunistic sympathy, if not, sotualy a communist. é a Semen Tt - Be assured thet we heave absolute confidence in the . wa aK. ‘Bele to cleer up this metter for the Americen public, es well © .,88. for the whole wrild 6nd will relieve our President of this _ ° great responsibility . veel es ws Saad ar s "QLD INFORMATION CONTAINED a or ae ee i HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED * ero dasa s _ ORR EPT WHERE SHOWN oan age, STR ST CAO 65 Setters Reb mbit nt + say daemon 16 allied vie om at BAS
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