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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP62B00844R000200200041-6
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RIFPUB
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C
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1
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December 12, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 2, 2000
Sequence Number: 
41
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Publication Date: 
July 24, 1956
Content Type: 
TELEGRAM
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Approved` Release 2001/10/30 : CIA-RDP62BOQ 4R000200200041-6 I GMING TELEGRAM Department of State 56 ActIon EUR CONFIDENTIAL Cantro.l ; 11795 FROM; MOSCOW TAO: Secretary of State NO; 191, JULY 24, 8 P.M. Rec'd ; JULY 2k, 1956 2;31 P.M. Info RI~ 33 G SP C IT' DEPARTMENT PASS DEFENSE U TO t_I .. C.0RRE5PONDENT GAVE EMBASSY FOLLOWING FILL-IN ON QUESTIONS F ASKED BY WESTERN CORRESPONDENTS OF MARSHAL RUDENKO AT EGYPTIAN JQF ARMED FORCES RECEPTION LAST NIGHT, ALTHOUGH CORRESPONDENTS HAVE FILED STORY TI-IEY SAY THEY LEFT OUT CERTAIN DETAILS rtr-;E DUE ,.TO UNCERTAINTY THESE DETAILS WOULD PASS CE,NSQR `f tRE`PQNDENTS QUERIED RUDENKO RE SOVIET CHARGES-US PLANES VIOLATED `SOVIET AIR FRONTIERS ASKING HOW SOVIETS KNEW THESE RM PL A NE 5 WERE AMERICAN. RUDENKO ADMITTED NO MARKINGS HAD BEEN T SEEN ',CLAIMING PLANES HAD FLOWN AT ALTITUDE 20,000 METERS PTO HOWVER PILOTS OF SOVIET PLANES CLAIMED THEY COULD IDENTIFY `FOREIGN PLANES AS AMERICAN FROM SILHOUETTE. TO CORRESPONDENTS Q1' SUGGESTION THAT WHILE. PLANES MAY HAVE BEEN AMERICAN MANUFACTURE THEY COULD HAVE BELONGED TO ANY NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, RUDENKO REPLIED THAT SINCE PLANES OF AMERICAN ORIGIN US ULTIMATELY RLS.:SPONS I E3L E FOR THE. I R ACT I V I T I ES,, (HERE CORRESPONDENTS MISSED O;)D OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION RUDENKQ RE SOVIET RESPONSIBILITY FOR MIGS IN KOREA AND THOSE: RECENTLY SOLD TO EGYPT). RUDENKO WAS THEN ASKED RE SOVIET PRACTICE SHOOTING DOWN PLANES OVER- Fl Y I NG SOVIET TERRITORY AND REPLIED SOVIET POLICY ONE OF PEACE AND SOVIETS DO NOT WISH HEIGHTEN INTERNATIONAL. TENSIONS. HE CLAIMED SOVIET PILOTS HAVE ORDERS NOT TO SHOOT AT PLANES- WHICH HAVE:. OBVIOUSLY STRAYED ACROSS E30RDER ACC I DENS LY AND THAT PILOTS MUST RECEIVE SPECIFIC GROUND INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE. F I R I N G AT ANY AIRCRAFT, RUDENKO ASSERTED HOWEVER THAT I F OVER- FLIGHT!:,, CONTINUE SOVIETS WOULD TAKE 'NECESSARY MEASURES." HE ALSO CLAIMED SOVIETS HAVE PICTURES OF PLANES WHICH HE SAID WOULD BE PRODUCED IF' NECESSARY h U FIDE T L REPRODUCTION FROM THIS PY, HI IF CLASSIFIED, It Approved For Rele - 62 000200200041 OO BITE State Dept. declassification & release instructions on i file