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ee 2 oe ‘fF. Ned ETT scgw f yj - (5) ; — 4 ’ op aeaT F08m NO. 10 ; , t | ‘NITED STATES GOVERY 2. ™ Jt or sys 4 Memorandum .. ang . MeGui LY; , oe 60000 — _- Rosen == = TO : A. H.. Belmont<-—— ----- 7 aTED 5-19-00 - Tom a oo eee , . , . Trofteri iF a tele. Room ‘ oe AX Sf ; Ingrar FROM : I Ae Branigan si” Gandy . Toilson ———_—_—~. ‘“. 7) Mohr Wee” ‘“ - Parsons ——___-7 coe : : Belmont : elichen, . T DeLosch¥ ¢ Malone ———_— ry supject: /U-2 PLANS . . i ¥ 4 1 Ta at ite Thaneis Sany fowe KS. | I Cade You mcy be twterésted in comments contained ina dispatch dated 5-13-60 from the U.S. Exbassy in Mescow, a cay of which xas received jrom the State Lepurtment 5-18-60. , The US. Embassy concluded that the plane inc: ubject of @ mess propaganda effort directed against the U.S. inside ‘et Unton. This conclusion was based upon 1. the opening to (bition of the’ debris of the U-2 plane. This us described Pussicen press as the opening of the “second American exhibition,” 2 U.S. Embassy has received over 500 telegrams and 3,750 letters — test from all over the USSR all of them moderate in tone. At tne = me, personal contacts by U.S. Embassy officers ani U.S. students yy with Soviet citizens did not disclose any particular hostility YS e U.S. On the other hand, .Soviet students have criticized v's crudeness in handling the. plane incident ang expressed est the incident affect the plans for the President's visit. - RQ cs aS co 7 ™ mw OE ® G With regard to the "broader. policy implications-of the incident” Embassy concluded that it was the Soviet intention first to put ina difficult position and that Khrushchev's atiack on the t in his 5-11-60 statements suggested that he might “be trying to out a cancellation of the President's visit to the USSH on TS Veo uA S . tg & © Lt) 3 . ~ ) wn OF by Ch Ob ie ie ory ww, ww, & © 4 Mw eae. oe OS oh ™, aoe tone. For informatton. : a lL (b))) Lf 4 f ee & MAY 26 1930 \ . 7 \ ( ACTION: Bo Ae a ee f ( 1 - Belmont 1 - Bravigan vA) d d - Parsons - Turner ABU INFORMATION CONTAINER HERKIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. 7 te. ; | «, BOeFT UERE SHOW 7 Wo. 7 9 3 uf b | -_ NOT RECORDED ew? sea 9 SPICULES Wet 0 - my CLT Heatiel 1(0Kes 14S TPC HLPIRE 10 folk seen deen ee mee atm