Evening star., 1960-05-05


terfere with the summit"
Asks II Eisenhower Knew
He speculated whether the
plane was sent with the con-
sent Of the head of the United
States armed forces-President
Eisenhower-or by the United
States military without the
Presidents knowledge.
If it was done without the
Presidents knowledge, the peo-
pie should know about it," Mr..
Khrushchev said.
The Deputies in the Supreme
Soviet applauded Mr.. Khru-
shchev's prediction that chances
Of success at the summit have
been dimmed by the attitude
Of the Western allies. He said
the governments of the United
States, Britain and France do
not seem to be looking forward
to settlement Of outstanding
cold-war issues.
This dims the chances Of
success at the talks" Mr..
Khrushchev said.
Describing what he presented
as events leading up to the
plane incident, Mr.. Khrushchev
said an American plane crossed
into Soviet territory from the
Afghan border April 9 and the
Soviet Union took no action.
Deputies Shout
Apparently the Americans
liked the fact that they made
this incursion and were not
punished" the Premier said.
"On the first of May at
5:36 am. an American plane
crossed the border into our
territory. The order was given
to shoot down the invader. This
order was fulfilled and the
plane was shot down.
1T appeared that the plane
was American, although the
markings were painted out"
Deputies shouted down with
the aggressorl" and "it's direct
banditry!"
"a commission of experts is
studying the data and it has
been established that the plane
came either from Turkey, Iran
or Pakistan," Mr.. Khrushchev
continued" A strict protest
will be made and we will inform
them that we have the right to
take any, measure necessary for
the defense of our country"
Mr.. Khrushchev's attack on
the West capped a day which
brought announcement of a
shakeup in the ruling heir
archy, a promise by Mr.. Khru-
shchev to abolish income taxes
by the end of 1865 and an an
nouncement which amounted
to a revaluation of the ruble
effective in October.
Kozlov Promoted
The party and government
shakeup brought Mr.. Khru-
shchev's protege, Frol r. Koz-
Low. up from a deputy first
premiership in the Council of
Ministers to a top Communist
Party job under Mr.. Khru-
shchev himself. Mr.. Kozlov,
81, became a secretary of the
party central committee in a
general reorganization. Mr..
Kozlov toured the United States
last year.
With regard to the ruble Mr..
Khrushchev said its gold value
will be raised 10 times. New
currency will be issued for
which old rubles will be ex-
changed 10 to /. This would
tend to put the ruble on a par
with the United States dollar
since the tourist rate of the
ruble now is 10 to the dollar.
Will Protest to U.N.
Mr.. Khrushchev announced
his intention to complain to
the United Nations Security
Council over the plane incident.
Mr.. Khrushchev said that on
April 8, an American plane
crossed into Soviet territory
from the Afghan border. He
said the Soviet Union did not
take any action about this in
cident.
Then he went on:
Apparently the Americans
liked the fact that they made
this incursion and were not
punished.
"On the first day of May at
5:36 am. an American plane
crossed the border into our ter
ritory. The order was given tc
shoot down the invader. This
order was fulfilled and the
plane was shot down.
Markings Painted Out
1T appeared that the plane
was American, although the
markings were painted out"
At this point delegates in
terrupted the Premier with
shouts Of down with the ag.
gressor" and "it is direct ban.
ditry."
The Premier continued:
"a commission Of experts /,
studying the data and it ha.
been established that the plane
came from either Turkey, Irar
or Pakistan.
"A strict protest will be mad,
and we will inform them tha
we have the right to take an.
measure necessary for the de
fense Of our country"
HeISaid also that the Sovie