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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Rep. Clarence Cannon defends ongoing US spy flights over Soviet territory in a House speech, stating the May 1 capture resulted from mechanical failure, not Soviet missile, and accuses Russians of fabricating evidence.
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WASHINGTON,
(AP)
Rep.
Clarence Cannon (D-Mo) said yesterday flights over Soviet terri-
tory have been going on for
years, and the plane the Soviets
captured May 1 was not hit by a
missile but apparently was forced
down by
some unforseen and
unavoidable mechanical or physio-
logical defect.
Cannon, chairman of the House
Appropriations
Committee, de-
fended the espionage flights in a
House speech. He said they have
had the approval and support of
members of the Defense Appro-
priations Subcommittee.
The House listened intently
as
Cannon
spoke
and
applauded
when he concluded.
Cannon spoke of flights since
1946 and penetrations as deep as
1,300 miles inside Russia.
He was one of the Congressional
leaders who attended Monday's
briefing on the plane incident by
Secretary of State Christian Her-
ter and Allen W. Dulles, head of
the Central Intelligence Agency.
Cannon accused the Russians of
having "distributed a picture of a
pile of rubbish which those who
know the plane recognized as
spurious."
The plane and the pilot were
evidently taken uninjured. The
fact that the plane was not hit
or overtaken by a Soviet plane,
he said, "completely destroys"
Khrushchev's claims of invulner-
ability against American attacks.
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Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Soviet Territory
Event Date
May 1
Key Persons
Outcome
plane and pilot taken uninjured; not hit by missile or overtaken by soviet plane; destroys khrushchev's claims of invulnerability
Event Details
Rep. Clarence Cannon defended espionage flights over Soviet territory in a House speech, stating they have occurred since 1946 with penetrations up to 1,300 miles inside Russia and had subcommittee approval. He claimed the May 1 captured plane was forced down by mechanical or physiological defect, accused Russians of distributing a spurious picture, and noted the pilot was taken uninjured.