SOVIET GIVES INTERROGATION TEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400060061-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: May 15, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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,viet Gives Interrogation Test 14
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) I Soviet Union and, as I sup-~
-Tito Moscow radio broadcast pose, about locations of rockets.
today what was said to be a "Our air detachment is per
transcript of the interrogation
of Francis. G. Pofers, American manently loiaated at the United
pilot of the U-2 plane shot down) States-Turkish air base, Incir
in Soviet territory May 1. In lik, near Adana City, Turkey.
it Mr. Powers was quoted as l "I have been serving in this
having a ttteti that he had detachment since August, 1956,
collected ,intelligence Informa-
tion about tbo. Soviet Union." and each year several times
Mr. Powers was quoted as flew in the special high-altitude
saying that planes that he had plane U-2 along the borders of
flown over And along the borders the Soviet Union with Turkey,
of, the Soviet Uni!'Eit'took bear. Iran and Afghanistan.
ings foe the purpo!e, of locating Flights Over Black Sea Cited
radio and radar stations and Besides, in 1956-57, 1 per-
rocket-launching have. formed three or four flights;
He w
1956, 6, aeexh i it over the Black Sea v'ithout+
since as
that United 1956, when he left crossing the state borders of,
the worked tS.. n "Kn. American merican h of - - the Soviet Union. It is difficult!
for me to recollect the numbers j
flered at e." of such flights, but I flew re-
"What isthe name of the of- peatedly.
fice?" he was asked.
"This is a combination of "During these flights, the;
s " equipment civil aviation and Air Forcefsul lanh tok mounted on'
. he of the
plane
service," Mr. Powers was de- y
clared to have said. "All this' signals of Soviet radio stations'
was
t disguised, and coded under and quoted as radar," Mr. having said. Powers
the name
at r `Unit tasks of this q"In an case, I was told so
"What are the tasks and given such assignments. but
un"Th m was asked. I cannot say exactly whether
"The locate tin the task ,of o this the equipment of my plane took
is ac loction c and the rocket-launch- s unit the eabearings of the mentioned
ina stations and Installations, as I
coring was his answer, . ac- am not familiar with the equip-
"Who the nscriptment and I was never told about
"Who is Colonel Shelton?" the results of my work.
the questioner asked, "Before such flights we were
"He Powers allegedly commander of saidthis instructed and told over which
Asked d what 49%t o said. points during the flight we
#, mit it
of the was, he said, "It deals ' ' the should turn on andnding egion-
collection of militar * Informa- mo
tion," the radio reported. "At what altitude did you
Other Extracts Given fly when your plane was shot
The radio broadcast also gave down?"
the following 'e tracts from Mr. Powers. "At the altitude
what is said was the interroga- of, 68,000 feet."
tion transcript: Q. "What reward were you
Q, "Is the accusation broughtisupposed to receive for today's
against you clear?" flight?"
Mr. Powers: "Yes." Mr. Powers. "None. I receive
Q. "Do you plead guilty?" a salary of about $2,400 per
Mr. Powers: "I plead guilty month for carrying out those
to the fact that I have flown tasks which I have to fulfill. My
over Soviet . territory, over },ask today was to fly from Pak-
points indicated on the cart,~istan to Norway."
turned on and off the nece ry
controls .of., the special appara-
tus mounted, on my plane and
I considered it was being clone
with the aim of collecting n-
telligence about$ the Soviet
Union." `
"Tell us With more iteiailsi
what you plead guilty to."
Mr. Powers. "In accordance
with the contract which was
signed by me with the United
States Central Intelligence
Agency, I am pilot of the spe-
cial air detachment of the
U. S. A. dealing with the col-
lection of information about
operational radio stations and
radar on the territory of the
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