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Rhrushchev's remarks at tod,
President de Gaulle,
Prime Minister Macmillan,
President Eisenhower,
Permit me to address you
with the following statement:
A provocative act is known
to have been committed re-
Gently with regard to the So
Wet Union by the American
Air Force. 1t consisted in the
fact that on May / a United
States military reconnaissance
aircraft invaded the Soviet
Union while executing a spe-
ciflc espionage mission to OBJ
tain information on military
and industrial installations en-
the territory of the USSR.
After the aggressive purpose of
its flight became known the
aircraft was shot down by units
of the Soviet rocket troops. Un-
fortunately. this was not the
only case of aggressive and es-
pionage actions by the United
States Air Force against the
Soviet Union.
"Treacherous Nature"
Naturally, the Soviet govern
ment was compelled to give ap-
propriate qualification to these
acts and show up their treach-
erous nature, which is incom-
patible with the elementary re-
quirementS Of the maintenance
of normal relations between
states in times Of peace, not to
speak of it being in gross con-
tradition with the task of less
ening international tension and
creating the necessary condi-
tions for the fruitful work of
the summit conference. This
was done both in my speeches
at the session of the Supreme
Soviet of the USSR and in a
special note of protest sent to
the United States Government.
At first the United States
State Department launched the
ridiculous version that the
American plane had violated
the borders of the USSR by ac-
cident and had no espionage or
sabotage assignments. When
irrefutable facts clearly proved
the falsity of this version the
United States State Depart
ment on May 7, and then the
Secretary Of State on May 8
stated on behalf of the United
States Government that Amer
lean aircraft made incursions
into the Soviet Union with
military espionage aims in ac-
cordance with a program in
dorsed by the United States
Government and by the Presi-
dent personally. Two days
later President Eisenhower
himself confirmed that execu-
ton of flights of American air.
craft over the territory of the
Soviet Union had been and re-
mained the calculated policy of
the United States. The same
was declared by the United
States Government in a note
to the Soviet government on
May. IL. Thereby the United
States Government is crudely
flouting the universally ac-
cepted standards of interna-
tional law and the lofty prin-
ciples Of the United Nations
Charter under which stands
the signature of the United
States of America also.
Indignation Noted
The Soviet government and
the entire people of the Soviet
Union met these declarations
of leading statesmen Of the
U. S. A. with indignation, as did
every honest man and woman
in the world who displays con-
Germ for the destinies of peace.
Now, at a time when the
leaders of the governments of
the four powers are arriving in
Paris to take part in the con-
ference. the question arises of
how is it possible to produc-
lively negotiate and examine
the questions confronting the
conference when the United
States Government and the
President himself have not only
failed to condemn this provoc-
ative act-the intrusion of the
American military air craft
into the Soviet Union-but, on
the contrary, have declared
that such actions will continue
to be a state policy of the
U. S. A. with regard to the So
Wet Union. How can agreement
be sought on the various issues
which require a settlement with
the purpose of easing the ter
sion and removing suspicion
and mistrust among states,
when the government of one of
the great powers declares
bluntly that its policy is intru-
sion into the territory of an
other great power with espio-
mage and sabotage purposes
and, consequently, the height
ening of tension in relations
among states?
Talks Doomed in Advance"
1t is clear that the declara-
tion of such a policy, which
can be pursued only when
states are in a state of war,
dooms the summit conference
to complete failure in advance.
We. naturally, take note of
the declaration by the United
States Government of such
policy and state that in the
event of a repeated intrusion
by American aircraft into the
Soviet Union we shall shoot
these planes down.
The Soviet Government re-