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Francis Gary Powers — Part 3

45 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Francis Gary Powers · 45 pages OCR'd
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i f | rae a 7 oF + s £ x. ve - to include this question in the agenda of the conference. Let us consider . that I am the only representative of the socialist countries. On the other hand, the Western countries have three representatives. However, I do not believe that two out of three will approve of this warlike act of aggression of the North American military "Of course, you are interested in knowing when I plan to fly to Paris. I intend to arrive in Paris on May 14; one or two days before the beginning of the conference, in order to familiarize myself a little. Paris has pleased me. It is a fine city. (Animation) Therefore, if others do not arrive - I say this because some people have threatened that the conference shall not take place - it will be clear to all that the failure was not our fault. We shall goto Paris! And if the conference _ will not take place? Well, what is there to do? We have lived so many years without it; we shall live another hundred years. (Laughter, applause) “Not only our country is interested in the conference but the entire world. The peoples of the whole world hope for the mitigation of the international tension and normalization of the relations between _ the states. I believe that our colleagues, participating in the conference, are just as much interested in the conference as the Soviet Union. Therefore, the conference will depend upon the Western colleagues. We are ready. I repeat that I intend to leave by plane on Saturday, May 14. "Some diplomats are annoyed with me, saying that KHRUSHCHEV permitted himself excessively violent expressions. I would like to see their reaction if a similar act of aggression had been committed against their countries. What should I do, take off my hat and salute this invasion? It was an assault of bandits and robbers. (Applause) “Did you see here the apparatuses for the taking of samples of the air?" (Laughter) "How do the authors of that version look now after they have been unmasked? It is true that we recognize the eyes of the imperialists. As the saying goes, their eyes emit fire, but they insist that it is the ‘sprinkling of God.* (Laughter, applause) You see now that I did not say everything intentionally 2 .__. during the session of the Supreme Soviet because we know with whom Be ‘we deal. At first, we did not say that the pilot was alive; that the _ -14-
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