Evening star., 1960-05-08
KHRUSHCHEV TEXT
{: Premier Cites Films
As Espionage Proof

LONDON, May 2 (APJ
broadcast By Radio MoScoig,
cheU's speech to the Supren
I want to announce first OF
all that the pilot of the Amer
lean plane that was shot down
is alive and well. He is now in
Moscow. The remains of the
plane have also been brought
here and the appropriate equip
ment has been revealed in the
course of the investigation.
He (the pilot was flying
along the route which had been
given to him. fulfilling precisely
the task given to him by his
command. He switched his in
struments in and out over in
dicated objects for the collect
ing of espionage information
(about) military and industrial
objects in the Soviet Union. He
was flying until the moment
when retribution overlook him
in his bandit flight in the depth
of our country. ..
Weather Check Discounted
After identifying the plane as
q high altitude W, Mr.. Khrush-
chev continued:
They reckoned on its capacity
to fly at high attitudes. They
boasted that this plane cannot
be reached by any fighters, and
therefore, if a fighter cannot
reach it, then anti-aircraft ar
tillery cannot reach it either,
And therefore, it can accom-
plish flights over the territory
of the Soviet Union with i'm
punity. 1t is really a high alti-
tude plane. Its ceiling is up
to 10000 meters tabout Il
miles. But we have got him,
and if they fly even higher, we
shall get them as well.
But it was not equipped for
the study of weather in the
upper layers of the atmosphere
at all; and not for taking sam
Piles of the atmosphere as the
official representatives of Amer
lea assure us. No, it is just an
ordinary military reconnais-
sance aircraft equipped with
various instruments for gather
ing espionage information, in
cluding instruments for taking
photographs.
Pictures Produced
We have not only the instru-
mentS found on the aircraft
but also a developed film con-
slSting Of photographs of sew
eral places On our territory.
Here are some of these pho
tographs showing military air.
ports.
Here, look at this. Here are
the airfleldS, here. Fighters in
position on the ground. Two
little white strips. Here YOU
see another airf1eld. Here also
IN single line you see a long
belt. They are our fighters in
position on the ground. Again
an airf1eld photographed. And
again an airfleld photographed
This is their film. and we have
developed it. Again a photo
graphed airfleld. Well, this will
suffice.
The persons involved in this
predatory flight have invented
nothing but a stupid version tc
the effect that it was allegedly
a meteorological aircraft. And
then the oxygen equipment
1alled and the pilot tainted and
the aircraft, like an unsteered
derelict. dragged the pilo,
against his will into Soviet ter
ritory. What innocencel
Radar Study Claimed
1t is true that this aircraft
was based at the United States
Turkish base in Injirlik
east of the town of Adna. As
was revealed by Pilot Powers
he serves in unit 1910 which is
under the National Aeronautics
and Space Research Board only
by way of a cover, but in fact
engages in military intelligence
at great attitudes.
In his testimony, Powers gave
the names of several officers
with whom he served at the
American military base in Tur-
key. According to Powers tes-
timony, the commander of the
American sub-uuit 1910 is Col
Willing Shelton.
The pilot, Powers, did not
fly Immediately. He was fol
a long time preparing for q
flight into the interior of the
country and. as he himself tells
flew many times along the
Soviet frontier with the aim o1
studying the Soviet Unions
radar system.
On April 27, at the assign.
ment of his superiors, the re.
connaissance man, Powers, flew
from the Turkish town o.
Adana to the, Feshawar aero.
drome in Pakistan. And then
on May I, from Pakistani ter.
ritory, from the Peshawar aero.
drome and not from the Turk.
fsh aerodrome near Adana, a!
the United States State De.
partment's version has it
Story Attributed to Pilot
Here is what he said: II hac
to take off from the aerodromt
at Peshawar in PakiStan, tt
cross the state frontier of thu
USSR and to fly across Sovier
territory to Norway, to tht
aerodrome at (Bobo). I had tt
fly over definite points in tht
USSR, of them. I remember
Murmansk and Archangel
During the fight over Sovie
territory I had to switch somt
apparatus on and off ovel
definite landmarks which werC