Evening star., 1960-08-18
POWERS
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to"o4o CldILl IIldC the plane
he flew might have had mark
ingS which he did not happen
to see when he took off in
Pakistan for a high-altitude
dash across the Soviet Union.
Konstantin Voroshilov, a gun
expert. showed the court an
incendiary device and Powers
interrupted again.
Il don't have a question, but
I would like to make a state
ment," he said.
He showed from the direc-
tlons on the box that the in
cendiary device was, intended
simply to light campfire if
he was forced down in the
wilderness.
Referring to 30 caliber
pistol he was carrying when
The pistol was given to me
only for hunting. 1t is too bad
that nobody but me knows that
I can't kill person even to
save my own life"
1t. Col. Nikolai Douev went
into great detail describing the
pistol, which Powers strapped
to his side beneath his flying
suit.
The presiding Judge remarked
that it would be difficult to do
any hunting at the 68.000-foot
altitude at which Powers was
flying, and the pilot agreed that
this was so.
1t is a usual thing for Ameri-
can pilots on flights which
might come down in unin-
habited territory to carry pis-
tolls for killing game, as part of
their survival equipment.
After this exchange the pro-
cession of expert witnesses con-
tinued to drone along.
Explosive Device in Plane
1t. Col. Nikolay Burmistrov-
Zuyev. a Soviet army engineer,
said the U-2 contained a self
destroying explosive device in
tended to be set off by a con-
troll near tie pilots seat.
He identified the three
pound charge as nexogen,
which he said is "a very power
full explosive used by the
United States Army" He said
the charge was quite enough
to destroy the aircraft, instru-
ments and equipment" Deto-
nation of the device also would
have meant suicide for Powers.
DR.. Victor Ilich Prazorovski,
a medical expert, testified the
poison needle carried by Powers
killed a dog in three minutes
and a mouse in 20 seconds.
The poison, he said, was one
of the curare group such as
South American Indians use
on blowgun darts.
1T is one of the most potent
and quick-acting poisons," he
said. Our commission con-
cluded that if a human being
were pricked by this needle
death would set in as swiftly
as with animals"
Powers had testified that the
needle was given him in Paki-
stan and it was up to him
whether he should use it. He
said it was intended for use
only if he was tortured and the
torture became unbearable.
The experts witnesses teSti-
fled after research which |
seemed to be exhaustive.
The poison. for instance, had |
been tried out on rabbits. dogs, |
mice and perhaps other ami
mails and it was found that one
gam would kill an animal. A
gam, the doctor explained, .
was 1900 of a gram and a
gram is about the size of a
small berry.
Mother Returns to Court
The final witness of the day
was Col. Ivan Zhaanov, re-
porter for a commission Of
experts. He said their exami-
nation of the materials con-
vinced them the U-2 fight
was "premeditated and carried
out with intelligence aims"
Mrs. Oliver w. Powers. aiiing
mother of the pilot, came to
this afternoons hearing in the
Hall of Columns with other
members of the family. She
had stayed away in the morn
ing, saying she felt her
presence might disturb her son.
The presiding judge opened
the second day CT the hearing
by asking Powers:
Did it not occur to you that,
by violating the Soviet frontiers
you might torpedo the sumrnit
conference"
when I got my Instructions
l did not know what day it was
nor when the summit confer
ence was meeting" Powers re-
piled.
Did YOU not think your
flight might provoke a military
conflict" the judge continued.
"The people who sent me
should think of these things"
the pilot replied.
Wife Inspects Exhibits
Powers, who pleaded guilty
to the espionage charge at the
start of his trial yesterday and
said he was sincerely sorry
for any increase in world ten
sion caused by his flight. COM
pleted his testimony after an
hour and 20 minutes on the
stand today. He had testified
for 5l2 hours yesterday.
The court adjourned at las
pm. for a luncheon break of 2
hours. As minutes.
In this interval the flyers
wife Barbara asked and re- ,
ceived permission to inspect ex-
hibits being used against her
husband. ,
With a group of American
Il