Evening star., 1960-05-12
POWERS
Soviet Charges Powers as Spy,
Promises to Try Him Severely
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account. Dulles, in turn, would
have exposed the Government
by saying he carried out a plan
approved by it and, consequent
ly. Endorsed by the head of the
Government. I proceed from
the statement that was made
by Herter."
Mr.. Khrushchev continued:
II say this because I had
read Herter's statement say
ing: We are compelled to fly;
it is the fault of the Soviet
Union itself because it does not
give us access to it's secrets
which we simply must know.
This is why. after all, the Presi-
dent said that the skies should
be open-this is why we fly and
shall go on flying, shall go on
opening the skies.
Points to Own Laws
"How can an Official repre-
sentative of a state speak in
this way about another ma
ton! We do not live accord
ing to the laws of the United
States. We have our own laws
and this is why we shall make
everyone in our territory re-
spect these laws, and the vio-
lators will be thraShed!"
Tass, whose account sup
piled the exclamation points
in Mr.. Khrushchev'S answer,
said there was applause at this
juncture.
Mr.. khrushchev said he liked
an article in the Communist
Daily Worker of London whose
burden was as follows: "If we
accept the philosophy which
some people in the United
States want to instill in the
public, it will be something like
this-it is not the burglar that
is guilty, ,ebut the owner of the
house he broke into. because
he locked it, compelling the
burglar to break in"
Mr.. KhruShchev called this
q philosophy for thieves and
bandits.
The Soviet Premier added:
Il think that if world opin-
ion correctly realizes all the
gravity of the situation and
approaches this aggressive act
of the United States policy
with due responsibility, if
everyone unanimously con-
demns this act, and if the
United States Government no
longer uses such methods with
regard to other states, this will
be a good, refreshing, so to say,
ozonizing tendency in inter-
national relations.
Sees Indignation
Reading American press re-
ports these days, I see that ex-
cepting a few gangsters of the |
pen who are white-washing
this action, the absolute ma
iority of people writing in the .
American press, including those
who are notorious for their past I.
effectiveness, are indignant
about this incident, regard it
as perf1dy with regard to the
Soviet Union.
This is a good sign.
IF you, newsmen, inform
the public correctly, this Incl
dent, as every other incident,
will finally be digested.
After all, gentlemen, we
must live in peace, and not
only in peace but in friend
ship"
Asked can one remain opti-
mistic about United States
policy" Mr.. Khrushchev was
quoted as saying:
Il hold myself to be an in
corrigible optimist. I regard
the provocative flight of the
American intelligence plane
over our country not as a prep
aration for war, but as probing.
They have now 'probed' us and
we boxed the nose of the
'probers.'"
Effect on Summit
Tass said Mr.. Khrushchev
made the following reply to
the question how the plane
issue could affect the summit
meeting:
Let those who sent this spy
plane think over this question
though they should have
thought about the consequences
beforehand. After all. an ag-
gression has been committed
against our country, and we
shall continue routing all the
aggreSSorS who dare raise
hand against us.
you see how accurately our
rocketeerS shot down the plane
without setting it on fire. The
pilot is alive, the instruments
intact - in other words, the
material evidence is here for
everyone to see. These are
very skillful actions of our
rocketeers. We are very CRATE
full to them for this"
At another point, Tass said.
Mr.. Khrushchev used an anec-
dote by way of illustration. He
said:
There was a time-I re-
member it from my young days
when many criminals and
OF ther suspicious elements
roamed the world.
Cites Bandit Trick
These people reSorted to the
following trick: A bandit with
a small boy would hide under
a bridge and wait for someone
to cross it.
Then the bandit would send
the boy to the passerby and The
boy would say: Hello, mister.
Give me back my watch The
natural answer would be: