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“A. ‘Chushakin-="Vhen the -helnet withthe earphones wes removed the para-| = © wasd ~ hutist seid something in a language we did not understand. We asked him who -——.-—___| ' he was, but be gave no reply. Then we caw that he was a foreigner. This put us on the alert and then Cheremisin took away the longbarreled pistol ina “eather case that was hanging from his belt. We asked him by gestures whether he was alone. He replied also by gestures that he was, Seeing that the para~ . chutist was a@ foreigner we decided to detain him." (Volume 1, pages 399 and , epee, ian P.S. Asabin-~"The parachutist fell while landing. To prevent him from be- . ang dragged by the parachute on the ground I held him and helped him to spill . the air from the parachute, since I am acquainted with this having served in the airforce in tie past, Meanwhile my acquaintances Anatoli Cheremisin, | - .Zeonid Chuzhakin and Viedimir Surin came running up and helped the parachutist “4 get on his feet. I helped him to rewove the parachute, while Cherenisin, Ghushakin and Surin removed the helmet with the earphones and the gloves. ‘Sven ths helmet ‘with the earphones ims removed the parachutist said == Something in a language we could not understand. We asked him who he was and what happened but he gave no reply and only shook his head. We understood that he was @ foreigner and decided to detain him." (Volume k, pages 349, 350.) aa oy Felaa d CONN BAe ae, do fe he A.F. Cheremisin--"Supporting the detained parachutist by the arms Asabin and I led him to the passenger car standing close by in which Chuzhakin and Surin had arrived. While putting him into the car Asabin saw that the para- chutist had a hunting knife and took it amy." (Volume l, page 387.) . The inspection of the remants of the dowed plane showed that the parts and the instrumentation of the plane were seriously damaged when the plane was hit in the air and when it collided with the earth. Parts of the plane he nate over an area of about 20 square kilometers. (Volume 1, pages 7-59, 227. Defendant Powers, when show the parts of the downed plane and asked what plene it was, replied: "It is a ‘Lockheed U-2' plane in a very damaged con- dition." . When asked if it was the plane in which he flew over the territory of the Soviet Union on May 1st, 1960, Powers replied: "To my mind this is the same plane which I piloted on May lst, 1960. In order to tell more exactly I must see the pilot's cockpit if it stil exists..." . ees After that defendant Powers was show the preserved part of the pilot's cabin. When asked "Are you familiar with this part of the plane?# he replied: “Yes, it is familiar to me, It is a canopy of the pilot's cockpit. J am sure this is the canopy of the cockpit of my plane..." (Volume 3, page 158-160.) ran The experts wio inspected the remnants of the dowed plane concluded that it was a subsonic one-seater reconnaissance plane of the "U~2" type of the American firm "Lockheed" with a single turbojet engine. The plane has no na- tional identification marks. It carried apparatuses for photographic and radio technical reconnaissance including a two-lense acrophoto camera with a focal length of 36 inches and also the apparatuses for detecting radio emissions in | the three centimeter, decineter and meter ranges of wavelength. 4 bgt thy e oo . ’ t AG . 2 res regmeuczpeenntimcaciriee terarmpingtastin «e-em tt rent CREO DIRE ERE ST TRE REA NOT ET REN TAN ching sone es : aaa =" “Installed in the plane also vas a remote controlled blasting block con- ‘taining 1.4 kilograms* of explosive. The instrumentation and parts of the . plane carry trade marke of different American firms; in particular, the turbojet —~ —< engine wis made by the "Pratt-\hitney" firm, the starters and electric batteries were made by the firms "Hamilton Standard,® "General Electric,” etc. Besides, a the instrumentation bears marks which show that it is the property of the United States Defense Department. For instance the apparatuses for radio tech-~ nical reconnaissance made by the “Hewlett-Packard Company" and Huggins Labora- tory bear a special index sho.ing that it belonged to the United States Defense Department. ‘ ; a ; : The absence on the plane of national identification marks and the presence “-. of a set of special apparatuses for photo and radio technical ‘reconnaissance, ~ ~~~ ---@s -well.as the blasting device for destroying the plane clearly reveal its intelligence mission. (Volume 1, pages 227-228, 218-253; volume 5, pages 6h- 91, 112-112, 155-158, 17-285.) a : toe og TEER fT AT HES EN espana a EO A tet . Eo to