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Francis Gary Powers — Part 6

74 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Francis Gary Powers · 74 pages OCR'd
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vw Mewd Lan Ae ‘ teeta . fAlreraft Corporation. He was <---> Malone 222 =: ; Asked if any representations born August 17, 1929, at. /¢: 9 y\ > “. to Moscow were likely regard-.Jenkins, Ky, end, made “his Wwe uire . sen No Shift Reported, used by Mer Khruhchet onsen pascntas Br, rou kare Quer N | After Red Attacks Vice Fresident Nixon, he said [Powers, live. His wite, Bar- otter Press Gecretary James C.Hagthat “at this time.” ; war 'in Tu re ber W.C. Sullivan —. ’ erty ald todny be knows Mr. Khrushchev said that band. cot tt . ee 4 jno change in President Eisen/Mr. Eisenhower had Mr. Nixon Mr. Powers was fyingahigh = Tele. Room hower's plans to sttend a sum4substitute fon him aha part of faltitude weather research plane mit conference May 16 withthe ari conference it would 4 ae a fom ce “Sending © Woat w waxKe ‘Gondy —___— care of the cabbage” because ‘ .| Mr. Hagerty’s guarded re+he did not think the Vice Pres- .jmarks to reporters dent was interested in ending |; e cold war or in disarmament. | Asserts, Pose A “Russian downing of the whether the trips might lane Say “trong” proteait called of 2 view of Mr. Khru-white awaiting more informa- qechev’s bristling speech ¥Sction on the incident. President rday indicated that the Presi-risenhower ordered a swift in- ident is waiting for more int ouiry, but made no public com- formation before coming to anj 23ment. new detision about the suthmil gists Department Press Of- .s/end his visit to Russia. ifcer Lincoln White said today ; |» Shortly after, the associa United States Ambassador Lie- ' ;|Press repo at Mr. Esc welyn Thompson had formally: ; ;|hower used the phrase “if I St reovested information in Mos. Powers had reported trouble to Russia” while talking @ > with his oxygen equipment dur- a AFL-CIO P ident Georg °™. and “we'll wait for that.”. the Bunday flight. There “|Meany at a. uni : vindustrig There was no official identi- yas no word of Mr Powers’ fate Jexhibit here, cation of the craft reportedly & There were two discrepancies Mr. Eisenhower and However, indicawons pointed: volving the plahe Mr. Shru- 5 Meany were looking at & SPUR to an American weather plane hehev, describ and the miss- glass boat when Mr. Eisenh ce SA plane. ce ‘eaid the | ra Cee plane crossed the Soviet border “That reminds me, I'm tak- t 5:36 a.m. Sunday. NASA ing to Premier Khrushche v, if I go to Russia, a new kind of plane involved, said it was possible that the pilot blacked - . diout because of a failure of the; teraft’s oxygen equipment. It ‘sald the plane qyight have continued on automatic pilot from @ field near Adana, Tur-: boat with no proplla made no ‘key, until 8 a.m. Sunday. oF, further comm on the | Mr. Khrushchev said identi-/ planned trip. Mr. Meany did -fiable marks on the plane had{ The Washington Post end. not raise the subject again and been Raerinia at Nasa wid Times Herald there was no immediate ex- ypainted blue & two-foot| The Washington Daily News ___ iNASA seal on its tall, topped] the & , re) lby i2-tnch wide band of| °° vening Stor "yellow. . . i ew York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times fe SUMMIT MEETING, 0 RI Tals, eee Eo ogo 7k Am SHE — a = ¢, Dote 7 f/f © /Cr i COA : WoT RECORDED Ad ' @6 may 10 1960 Asked earlier if Mr, Khru- shchev's speech had caused the President to believe that the Oe ee a A ee ee | _ Knows ef No Change .* Be also said he would have!. to “reserve comment at this!. time” when asked to describe|. the President's reaction to the|: Khrushchev announcement]: that the Soviets had shot down an American plane May 1 ovpr|; ~~ eee Wee eee
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