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Pew Powers careful omplied with ali these instruct be. Powers took off in his "Lockheed U-2" plane from Peshawar airport, climbed to an altitude of ~ Tear AER Nee Tatars ret sat er eo Coie eee a 20,000 -meters, flew over the territory of Afghanistan, intruded in the airspace of the Soviet Union for more than 2,000 Kilometers-from the frontier. The favigation instruments and the special equipment functimed faultlessly during the flight. . Throughout the flight Powers felt normal and plotted intelligence data t on his flight map. In the area of Sverdlovsk Powers' plane wes shot dow by the Soviet rocket troops. (Volume 2, pages 4, 9, 26, 37-39, 179-181, 196, 199, "” 239-2h), 254-260, 268-271, 273, 27k; volume 3, pages 20-23, 60, 61, 132-23k, k2-1h5; volume 6, page 25.) Asked about the circimstances under which the plane he piloted was shot dow, Powers testified: °...quite unexpectedly I heard a kind of hollow ex- plosion and saw an orange flash. The plane suddenly pitched dow and, I think, “its wings and tail started falling off. Perhaps the plane was not hit directly and the explosion tock plece near the plane and it was hit by the burst and =. , _fragments...I think it happened at the altitude of some 66,000 fect...I was aed ""sHshot down some 25-30 miles south or southeast of Sverdlovsk, At that moment “I was keeping to the route indicated on my chart rather accurately...shen the Plane began to fall dow I wes pressed to the central panel and could not use the catapult. I opened the canopy, unfastened the straps and got out from the plane through the top. The parachute opened automatically.” (Volume 2, page . 1823 volume h, peges 256-257.) The testimony of tae accused, material evidence and expert conclusions Oe have shoimn that the plane piloted by Powers was equipped with a special blast- ing device permitting the pilot to blow it up in case of a forced landing in Soviet territory. Moreover, there was a blasting machine in the tape recorder designed for registering the signals of Soviet radar stations, (Volume 1, page 228; volume 2, pages 209-210; volume 5, pages 30, 81;-91.) ad ery Powers was provided with a special pin with lethal poison from the curare group. This pin was given to him, as Powers deciared, to commit suicide in case he was tortured. (Volume 1, page 37; volume 2, pages 10, 93; volume 5, pages 241-262.) sqern cer ee All these plans and the carefully thou;ht-out measures of precaution were intended to avoid the exposure of the United States ruling quarters' aggressive policy and to deceive world public opinion. aera e: me Besides the poisoned pin, Powers was provided with: a noiseless pistol and cartridges, a dagrer, a pneumatic rubber boat, a set of topographical maps H of the European part of the USSR and the adjoining countries, means for kindling a fire, signal cartridges, an electric torchlight, compasses, a saw, fishing tackle and other implements and things, as well as 7,500 Soviet rubles and valuables (cold coins, rings, wrist watches) which, as Povers testified, were given to him by Colonel Shelton then he boarded the plane and were designed to tribe Soviet people in case of a forced landing in Soviet territory. eee 2 re All this equipment was taken from Powers after he was detained. (Volume 1, pages 21-22, 3-1, 67-72, 81-83, 161-186; volume 2, pages 16-48, 219-220; volume 3, pages 24l,-250, 257-264; volume 4, pages 1-7, 16-21.) Witnesses V.P. Surin, a driver, A.F. Cheremisin, a worker, L.A. Chushakin, -. “a driver, P.E, Asabin, an invalid, and many others who witnessed how the "Lock- ro -beed U~2" plane was hit by a rocket in the area of Sverdlovsk and who det, : pilot Powers when he parachuted dow, have testified to the following: cated ‘ : V.P. Surin--"0n Hay 1st, 1960, approximately at 11 A.M. local time, when ; I was at home in my apartment, I heard a sharp noise resembling that of a jet Plane, but much shriller. This got me interested and I ran into the street to find out what was up. Then I heard an explosion and also saw.ea colum of Dees At the same time I sighted a cloud of smoke in the sky and a white object which was coming dom. I followed it with my eves and when it came lower I saw Po, _ 4t to be a descending parachutist. when all this ws happening driver Leonid + Chuzhakin, whom I know from my work, pulled up next to me in his car,,,When he ~= -- . ~got out of the car I pointed to the descending parachutist and we started watch- , ing where he would land, Some time later we saw that he was landing,,.on the ~ shore of a rivulet near the high voltage line. Chuzhakin invited me into his a >) car and we drove to the place where the parachutist landed. Some 50 meters | from there, Chuzhakin stopped the car and we ran to the spot where the parachut~ ist came down." (Volume 4, pages 328, 329.) fe ~~