Evening star., 1960-08-19
POWERS
Soviet Court Gives U-2 Pilot
1O-Yeor Term, 3 in Prison

Ing OF Lne VerQlcC went on Tor
80 minutes. Occasionally she
sponged her forehead with a
handkerchief she dipped in a
glass of water.
Both the wife and mother
quickly regained their COM
posure and stood up holding
hands.
Family Sees Him
Later Barbara and her hus-
band, whom she had seen only
at a distance since she came
to Moscow Sunday. were re-
united in a little room adjoin-
ing the court.
His mother, father, and a
sister also were permitted to
see the prisoner. They were
allowed an hour with him. The
parents are from Pound, Va.
The sister is Mrs. Jessica Hile-
man of Washington. D. C.
The group was rounded out
by Barbara's mot her, Mrs.
Monteen Brown, who gave
Powers a kiss.
The court said that in view
of mitigating circumstances
in the case and considering the
confession and repentance Of
the defendant. the military
collegium (of the Soviet Su-
preme Court has sentenced
defendant Powers, Francis
Gary, in accordance with Ar
ticle II concerning a criminal
act against the state, to 10
lears of deprivation of liberty,
with the first 3 years to be
served in prison"
The judge said the evidence,
plus Powers testimony, "estab-
lished that Powers carried out
the criminal mission he re-
ceived."
Called Tool Of CHA
Experts have established
that the information gathered
by Powers during his May /
flight constituted state and
military secrets of the U. S. S.
R." he said.
He was a tool Of the CIA
which carries out plans of the
Government of the United
States.
Powers knew he was vio-
lating international law when
he violated the air space of the
Soviet Union.
That violation created a di-
rect threat to world peace and
security. The flight Of a recon-
naissance plane could immedi-
ately precede an air attack.
Under these conditions, the
aggressive act of the United
States perpetrated May by
Powers created a threat to
world peace and security"
Powers had pleaded guilty at
the outset of the hearing
Wednesdays dreary, rainy
day. Over the first two days he
testified directly for a total of
6 hours, so minutes.
Penitence Stressed
Presenting a penitent theme
the defense was to stress
throughout, Powers said IT am
incerely sorry I had anything
to do with this"
Powers told the court he was
nervous and scared during the
May Day fight that ended in
his arrest near Sverdlovsk.
1900 miles inside Russian ter
ritory.
Powers pictured himself,
however, not as a spy but as
merely the civilian pilot who
handled the controls and
switches of a specially equipped
espionage plane under a S30,-
600 year contract with the
Central Intelligence Agency.
Through military and med
ical experts, the prosecution
hammered yesterday on the
idea that Powers knew in ad-
vance the full meaning of his
flight.
Time after time, technical
witnesses repeated that the in
cursion was "premeditated" and
attempted to link Powers, a
former pilot in the United
States Air Force. directly with
the American military,
Calls His Flight Failure
Powers argued in his final
plea today that his flight was
a failure that did no harm to
the Russians and that he
never had any enmity for the
Russian people.
You have heard all the cir
cumstances pertaining to the
case and you are to decide my
fate" Powers told the judges.
Il realize that l have COM
mitted a most grave crime and
deserve punishment. l ask the
court to weigh all circum-
stances and take into account
not only the fact that 1 had
committed the crime, but also
theh circumstances which in
duced me to.
Il ask the court to take into
account that no secret data and
ln1ormatlon went through the
channels they were supposed to
go. All of them landed in the
hands of Soviet authorities.
II realize that the Russian
people regard me as an enemy
but I should like to stress
that personally I do not and
never have had any enmity for
the Russian people.
Il ask the court to Judge me
not as an enmey but as a man
who is not an enemy. of the
Russian people, a man who
never before had faced a court
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