◆ SpookStack

Mittin ses «ee — - s ~-—“g-—-— ____terrence. Open societies, in the day a of present weapons, are the only answer. This was the reason for my open-skies proposal] in 1955,? which I was ready instantly t6 put into effect, to permit aerial observation over the United States and the Soviet Union which would assure that no surprise attack was being prepared against anyone. I shall bring up the open-skies proposal again at Paris, since it is a means of ending con- cealment and suspicion. My fina] point is that we must not be distracted from the real] issues of the day by what is an in- cident or a symptom of the world situation today. This incident has been given great propaganda exploitation. The emphasis given to a flight of an unarmed, nonmilitary plane can only reflect a fetish of secrecy. The real issues are the ones we will be working on at the summit—disarmament, search for solu- tions affecting Germany and Berlin, and the whole range of East-West relations, including the reduc- tion of secrecy and suspicion. Frankly, I am hopeful that we may make prog- ress on these great issues. This is what we mean when we speak of “working for peace.” And, as I remind you, I will have nothing further to say about this matter. TEXTS OF NOTES U.S. Note of May 10* The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of For- eign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics and has the honor to refer to public statements of the Soviet Government indicating that an American civilian, Francis Gary Powers, is under detention in Moscow. The Embassy re- quests that an officer of the Embassy be permitted to interview Mr. Powers. U.S. Note of May 12¢ Press release 262 dated May 12 The Embassy of the United States of America refers to the Soviet Government’s note of May 10 * Ibid., Ang. 1, 1955, p. 178. * Delivered to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 10 by the American Embassy at Moscow. — “Delivered to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs on . May 12 by the American Embassy at Moscow. —* 852 i Fr melt scanned dot ait lide edna cleat ald th mtd nied eM SS tannin. et etn, = elt ttc wens lb ge y aan esnectantin mihi tt hua iid Mims iD etnethninn eta ame concerning the shooting dow down of an "and unde ine Ui state the following. The United States Government, in the state- ment issued by the Department of State on May: 9, has fully stated its position with respect to this incident. In its note the Soviet Government has stated that the collection of intelligence about the Soviet Union by American aircraft is a “calculated pol- icy” of the Dnited States, The United States Government does not deny that it has pursued such a policy for purely defensive purposes. What it emphatically does deny is that this policy has any aggressive intent, or that the unarmed U-2 flight of May 1 was undertaken in an effort to prejudice the success of the forthcoming meet- ing of the Heads of Government in Paris or to “return the state of American-Soviet relations to the worst times of the cold war’, Indeed, it is the Soviet Government’s treatment of this case which, if anything, may raise questions about its inten- tions in respect to these matters. For its part, the United States Government will participate in the Paris meeting on May 16 prepared to cooperate to the fullest extent in seek- ing agreements designed to reduce tensions, in- cluding effective safeguards against surprise attack which would make unnecessary issues of this kind. Soviet Note of May 10° ‘ DUnofficial translation 89/084 The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics considers it necessary to state the following to the Government of the United States of America: On May 1 of this year at 5 hours 86 minutes, Moscow time, a military aircraft violated the boundary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and intruded across the borders of the Soviet Union for a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers. The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics naturally could not leave unpunished such a flagrant violation of Soviet state boundaries. When the intentions of the violating aircraft became apparent, it was shot down by Soviet rocket troops in the area of Sverdlovsk. Upon examination by experts of all data at the disposal of the Soviet side, it was incontrovertibly established that the intruder aircraft belonged to the United States of America, was permanently based in Turkey and was * Delivered to the American Embassy at Moscow on May 10 by the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. : Department of ‘State Bulletin” ~~