THE U2 AFFAIR: 12
Document Type:
CREST [1]
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP74-00297R001600010036-8
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 27, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 28, 2014
Sequence Number:
36
Case Number:
Publication Date:
July 12, 1962
Content Type:
OPEN SOURCE
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release.2014/04/28 : CIA-RDP74-00297R001600010036-8
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Po wets Tells Sorre
By DAVID WISE AND
THOMAS B. ROSS
Franca Cary Powers went on
trial for his We on %Vedas...4day,
At:. 19. 190. It was his ::Ist
birthday.
The proseCulion opened with an
Intensive Interrogation about h:s
espionage work with the 10-10 de-
tachment and his spy flight 01
l?lay I.
Powers replied matter-of-fact-
ly and in detail, presenting him-
self as an obedient switch-thrower
rathcr than a sophisticated Agent.
The prosecution tried to draw.
out a flat eoneertfon that the 1.'2
had bei n hit by a rocket at 68,000
feet. But Puweis balked.
"It wai at that altitude t It a t
you were struck down by a So-
viet rot kat?' the prosecutor half-
essence!.
It was at that altitude," Pow-
ers corrected cautiOusly, "that I
nits struck do...-n by something.-
"You say you were struck down
by ?omething?" the prosecutor do-
:witted,
had no idea whet It
was," Powers persisted, "I didn't
see it."
The defense, concentrated on
Powers' humble, working class
bitudrigs and his repentence.
Slitter Standard
He }pined the CIA, the witness
testified, in order to better his
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