A GREAT SCANDAL OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400080152-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 152
• Publication Date: March 8, 1962
• Content Type: OPEN

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'RETURN HOME OF RANGI$;GARY 01 S,;;THE SPY-PILOT or TI U-2 PLANE
THE SOVIET UNION IN MAY 1960.
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BY,.T.UE ROCKET ARTILLERY OF
BROUGHT'DOWN
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E HAD ACTED AS"A GOOD AMERICAN."
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AS A TRAITOR. ;. THE .O
"~-FTER A MONTH O F PROLONGED INTERROGATION BY THE :CIA,. THE YANKEE
CENTRAL AGENCY, WHICH WAS REALLY TORTURE, ACCOMPANIED -BY ALL KINDS
OF . TESTS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER HE WAS TELLING THE 'TRUTH, POWERS WAS
HE
BROUGHT BEFORE COIIGRESSQ WHERE HE WAS PRACTICALLY VINDICATED. T
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IA AGmNT? S VlrNDICATTON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE MERCENARY
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'P'OUCH: RECOGNITION THAT POWERS MUST BE PAID THE-:50,000 DOLLARS
OWED HIM FOR HIS SERVICES."
A.P. REPORTS THAT TIZYANKEE SENATORS APPLAUDED POWERS' TESTIMONY.
OVE Co t GRESSMAN CONGRATULATED ffiM AS A VALIANT U.S. CITIZEN WHO HAD
- CARP. ICD OUT. HIS ORDERS.
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EITHER BECAUSE HS. COULD RIOT
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OR BECAUSE HL WAS AFRAID TO. HE WAS ORDERED TO DESTROY THEPLANE IF
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U ACTED LIKE A GOOD U.S..IMPERIALISTS, AS A COWARDLY, LYING BOASTER.
SOMETHING ELSE WAS MADE VERY. CLEAR IN THQ, POWERS
ESIDES THIS
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CASE THE r:IA HAD TO RECOGNIZE THE POWER. AND 'T ,,EXTRAORDINARY
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EFFECTIVENESS OF SOVIET ROCKETS AND THE SPY HAD TO ADMIT TEA
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TREATMENT HE RECEIVED IN THE USSR." ~
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