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Francis Gary Powers — Part 2

45 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: War & Geopolitics · Topic: Francis Gary Powers · 45 pages OCR'd
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3 wie 4 ate hy? nage fF aml a” ees a iy Po il i Oe LY : Y ange Bu i "The United States of America wants Dive in accordance with that law. But we are no defenseless tramps, Our country is a strong and powerful state and can cope with them. _ Well,: the-- United States has not experienced real war on its territory and has not become acquainted with bombs, but if they desire to unleash war, we shall be forced to send them rockets and they will hit the land of the aggressor within the first minutes. (Applause) “J am saying this because I have read HERTER's declaration. He declared: 'We shall be obliged to fly; the Soviet Union is to blame for our flights because it does not permit us access to its secrets, secrets which we must absolutely know. For this very reason we fly; the President has already stated that it was necessary to open the skies; we shall fly and continue flying, opening the skies,’ “How can the official representative of a state . speak in such a way with respect to another country! However, we do not live by the laws of the United States of America, We keep our own laws and, therefore, on our own territory we force all to respect our laws; ‘those who violate them, we shall strike down. ( Applause) | “J have enjoyed an article published in the Daily Worker in English the sense of which can be reduced to the following: ‘To accept the philosophy which some people in North America want to implant into the conscience of society, would somewhat result in the following: Arobber was caught who had violated the lock of /uilding's floor; . however, it became apparent that the guilty one was not the robber. but the occupant of the floor who had it locked so that the robber should exert himself to break the lock and enter the floor. " But this is the philosophy of the robber, a bandit philosophy! “I think that if in the socialist spheres of the world the whole seriousness of the situation would be correctly comprehended and -a responsible attitude shown toward these acts of aggression, manifested by the United States of America; if all would unanimously condemn this act and the Government of the USA would refrain from using suéh =—=SstSs=S : - methods with respect to other states, then it would refresh and a oxygenate, spto speak, the relations between the states, 2 x aie vik ,
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