FULBRIGHT CRITICIZES IKE'S U-2 ADMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200940146-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 146
• Publication Date: May 30, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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ator Fulbright (D., Ark.-) today
criticized President Eisenhower's
assu-nption of responsibility fbr.
I the U-2 -spy place incident.
He said even a claim that the
!plane "was stolen by the Rus-
jsians" might have been ?better.
than the President's admission.
And the chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
voiced grave doubts as to the wig-
dom of summit conferences be-
tween jreads o? state as 8 means
for solving ulternational prphlems.
? Appearing 4 a television pro,
gram (NBC---Meet the Pre'ss),
Fulbriglit declined to forecast the
final ?conchf'.rons his committee
will reach 'al itk just-begup inquiry
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