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I. USSR
May 6
US note refers to Khrushchev's May 5 Supreme Soviet
Statement and US May 3 announcement on missing air- -
craft and asks information on plane and pilot. (Document
No. I)
May 7
Khrushchev, addressing Supreme Soviet again, announced
that U-2 pilot was alive and had confessed the plane's
reconnaissance mission. (Text not included)
May 9
Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky warns that in
event of future flightsthe USSR would retaliate against
countries from whose bases they took off. (Excerpt,
document No. 2)
May 10
US note request permission for Embassy officer to
interview U-2 pilot. (Document No. 3¹
May 10 Soviet note protests "aggressive" U-2 flight, warns of
"retaliatory measures if similar acts repeated.
(Document No. 4)
May 12
US note in reply to Soviet May 10 note denies flight for
intelligence purposes had aggressive intent. (Document
No. 5)
May 13
Vershinin letter (dated May 12) to General White (USAF)
"postpones" former's scheduled visit to US until "a more
suitable time. (Document No. 6)
1. Further correspondence regarding the pilot (including the US
aide memoire of July 11, the US note of July 30, and the Soviet
note of August 4) were published in the Department's Press
release No. 433 of August 6.
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