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Francis Gary Powers — Part 2
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Pictures on pages 4 and 5:
We present to you the North American pilot -- spy FRANCIS HARRY
POWERS; full sized picture, taken in Moscow. He is 30 years old
and married, Until 1956, in the period in which he served in the
military Air Force of the United States of America as a First Lieutenant,
he received $700 per month. When he transferred to the Central
Intelligence Agency of the Secret Service of the United States in 1956,
F. H. POWERS began to earn 2, 400 dollars per month.
Picture: F. H. POWERS with his special equipment (oxygen.mask
and hermetic clothing) destined for long flights in the stratosphere over
foreign territory for the purpose of exploration,
Question:: "You undoubtedly saw among the remainders of the
airplane a sign which calls for aid to the pilot. What did the authors
of this sign mean in your opinion ™
N. S. KHRUSHCHEV: “We render aid to the pilot when he comes
in his plane to our country and we assure him of due reception, But
- if other guests like this one come, whom we have not invited, we shall
acknowledge them with the same *hospitality.' We shall judge them
and with severity as spies."
Question: “And what influence will all this have upon the Summit
Conference ™
N. S. KHRUSHCHEV: " Let —_—i those think about it who sent
the reconnaissance plane. They should have thought about the
consequences before. Well, an aggression against our country has
been committed. We shall destroy all aggressors who raise their
hands against us, You have seen the care with which the specialists
of our rockets had demolished the plane; they shot it down without
igniting it! The pilot remained alive and the apparatuses intact; in
one word, -the material evidence remained, This was a master
a performance of our military spetialists. Therefore, — we Owe > them
special gratitude," ( Animation, applause) ee
Question: “Will this plane incident influence Soviet public
opinion when Mr. EISENHOWER visits Moscow?"
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