CIA'S QUESTIONS: WHAT POWERS SAID ABOUT ITS METHODS WHY HE FAILED TO DESTROY PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600340006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 14, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

THE !N ERROGATJO+ r~ icy
of 'Maj. F'ranras Gary `ltt+et; the .. p ,
plane brought down in he Stietr,-
primariy to learn as Much' figtn bls cote
by Soviet officiilli as possible. talc' ti
.- __ __~,
The Central I e t e l l i g e n t e terest now, because ainte'
Agency is inter4afed in the in- It Is known th$t:;4he , R
terragation met ods. and the have developeafha rtt -stoat
particular matters In which rockets that exlbomb .dtywn;tut
Soviet autboritied seem most in airplane from "1alUtttw1th
terested. It wants tO know,what ease..
information..ot'Ca nithads he At the prelittt Intert>gs?
disclosed lo the Russians under' Uou,bfor the ? " Power Is,
two months of Interrogationby r q In ant aa,' x+
thews. It wants to know what tng
actually. happentd to' #s' ltr- ad: r ? - Y
hearda kihll .'hallow rarprln-
plane and svhy he wasr Able aloll4nd saw -th.nge' flsr?t.
to destroy it and .tie tng The. plane ,.i ' denly pitched;
and photographic instrtrnients e{odtit and, I`tht 'tiitli w'ings'end
tiboard: tail started tot `.off. I r
in is igress there has always it I ltppened , ; altitudev,
loon some suspicion that! soma 68,000 f' + n ?
Powers did less than he. should. f At the Trull?{ asked: "+
Senator Howard 'W.: ,:Canon ! watt tit?'that a 68,tuto ftp
(Oem ). Nevada, wants, to know F that You wlirb down
what sort of training and indoo- S vvet rocket?'r ,Ih.
trinat:nn he had against the pos-;. "1t was at that altitude thatt'ia
stbility of being captured. was struck dowt}by sorr)rthin *
Pouf?rtS HAD Instructions. hC'e+eptied. ` I Ii d tip idea. w 41
if he % gent down inside the So- ?ft was. I didn't Ieei'It:'
iet t i inn, to: Powers'a,-fa ' pltended, t
do the n
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behOle he
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nd many
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sent panel, while the ether
lung o)ytstde?I {bad. Ior -"~a
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Math"r of': Wh th
Down .at 68, .
Interest`No
Instrttction` o
1. In.,ure destruction of his
aircrai: and equipment;
2. f.s;:ape capture if .poa
Bible;
0. Delay giving damaging
Information;
. Ted' the truth where it was {
within the knowledge of his
captor s:
5. Admit C'[A sponsorship.
lfe was ghw(n no positive in-
tru.iroons about self-destruction.
It was the belief of the intel-
igeni a agencies after his trial
hit powers gave no important.
nforrnation to the Russians,
The question of w h e t h e r
owers was shot, down by an
it defen'e rocket at 61,000
net, as the Russians said, was
)f cr,esiderahie lmr,ar!,;:.oc at
he time. Intelligee officials
"rre r:nnfident then that the
:ussu-nc did not have air de
rune ro. k:?ts with radar ca
.,,i li,. of accurate shooting at
hit
father said
POWERS W E sf lcttetzato
the Times In blt:h he aatct.
his fether"had`.tittt properly tI
"Although I,*ld not see what
caused the cstpkisJon," Powers
wrote, "I am a1 that the plane
any blow wh Y1 t on the std'a
face of the plane. Therefore, I
think that the destruction of the
"k can holy S Ws what hap.:
pened after.tliis, X think that, ate
first tin tall of. the plane was.
tofu c'ff causing tha noso to
di op. as a result of which the
v.-Inge were torn off. The cock-
pi' yard the remaining parts of
rte h,^gan to fall In a spin
':use of the acceleration
fill, 1 could not c'ect
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esult of a drlbcri{je explo$fd ':t
clad ed e, plosion after the pilot i,
c .riuctetl fpttt the pit.
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