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i gE FOO Tn men ae eae. DRT " ram Tee Pxé) -9- 0o _ «> The expert technical examination has” astablished- that the -plane_carried _ _ @ Bpecial aerial sound recorder connected with the radiowave detector, with a roll of ferromagnetic tape for 8 hours of continous operation. The sound ‘gecorder has the index HP 12,570 and serial number 769. It has a IC tape-feed actuating mechanism made by the American Globe Industries, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. The decoding of the impulse signals recorded on the ferromagnetic tape has show these signals to belong to the ground radar stations of the radar net~ work of the air defenses of the Soviet Union.- - ‘These recordings can serve to determine the range of wavelengths on which “the reconnoitered radar stetions operate, the frequency of impulse repetition, -; the time of coverage of the plane by a radar station and the area of its dis- * “docation, the mumber and operating duty of radar stations in service. {Volume 2°. ghe intelligence gathering activity of the “Lockheed 0-2" plane on ite flight over the territory of the USSR has also been confirmed by the findings of the technical experts who examined the plane's photographic equipment. The experts established the 73-B aerial camera number 732100, which was ‘ found on the “Lockheed U-2", to be a special reconnaissance camera designed for high-altitade photography of 160-200 kilometers-wide strips of land. The investigation has established that during his flight over the terri- tory of the Soriet Union Powers photographed the territory and industrial, military and other important establishments. uch of the film, removed from the plane, has been found wmexposed and was developed. The examination of the aerial film has established that the locality photographed sith long-focus cameras from the plane is Soviet territory stretch- ing from @ pdist west of Tashkent to Sverdlovsk. Photographed on the film are -@ number of military airfields and civil airports as well as important indus- trial establiskments of the South Urals. The experts' findings and the rest of the evidence collected show that the air photegpaphs obtained during the flight of the "Lockheed U-2" plane, piloted by Porers represent a wide renge of intelligence on industrial and military estaiisiments within the photographed area applicable both for recon- naissance puyyeses and for compiling topographic maps and also for determining ane soordinaie of strategic military establishments, (Volume 5, pages 177~ 285. The int@lirence-gathering activity of the "Lociheed U-2" plane has been confirmed ales by Powers! testimony during the prelininary investigation and by his own witten statement. Questiowd on the substance of the charge preferred against him, Powers pleaded guily and testified as follow: “I plead guilty to the fact that I have flow omr the Soviet territory and over the points indicated on the chart, turned on an®off the necessary controls of the special equipment mounted aboard my pime. This, I believe, was done with the aim of collecting intelli- _gence inform&ion about the Soviet Union." . ta And furfier ont “In accordance with the contract which was signed by me with the Cental Intellicence Agency of the United States, I was a pilot of this specialair detachment of the USA dealing with the collection of informa- - tion about ggrational radio stations and radars on the territory -of- the-foviet—~__. WV?) and, Bai suppose,. about locations of rockets 9 (Volume 2, pages 176, 177 ad Power#"Hability to the charge preferred ‘inet him is confirmed by fac- tual and wiikén evidence, experts! findings and the testimony of the witnesses. On thetasis of the foregoing-- FrancisQary Povers, born in 1929, subject of the United States, citizen _ of Bourdyne,#éntucky, high school graduate, pilot of the special "10-10" in- ~allicence dtachment of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, . “Sereby acmged of having, after being recruited by the Central Intelligence ___ ‘+ of thanited States in 19%, conducted intense espionage activity ' the Saiet Union which is an expression of the aggressive policy pur cst ~siernuent of the United States. . FP ng, he, Powers, invaded the airspace of the USSR in a spec. hoo ence plane. "Lockheed U-~2", with the knotledge of the ~