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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62B00844R000200200041-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: July 24, 1956
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

Approved` Release 2001/10/30 : CIA-RDP62BOQ 4R000200200041-6
I GMING TELEGRAM Department of State
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FROM; MOSCOW
TAO: Secretary of State
NO; 191, JULY 24, 8 P.M.
Rec'd ; JULY 2k, 1956
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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
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