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179. The Nature of NASA's Program of Upper Atmosphere Research With the U-2 Airplane: Statement Issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, May 5, 1960. . .. 413-414 * United States Request for the Results of the Soviet Government's Investigation of the NASA U-2 Airplane and Information on the Fate of Its Pilot: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 6, 1960. . 180. Soviet Report on the Mission of the NASA U-2 Airplane and on the Fate of Its Pilot: Address by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khrushchev) Before the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., May 7, 1960 (Excerpts)

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181. "It Is in Relation to the Danger of Surprise Attack That Planes of the Type of Unarmed Civilian U-2 Aircraft Have Made Flights Along the Frontiers of the Free World for the Past Four Years": Statement Read to Correspondents by the Director of the Office of News (White), Department of State, May 7, 1960. . .. 417-418 182. United States Aerial Surveillance of the Soviet Union "Has Apparently Not Been a Secret to the Soviet Leadership, and the Question Indeed Arises as to Why at This Particular Juncture They Should Seek To Exploit the Present Incident": Statement by the Secretary of State (Herter), Issued May 9, 1960. . . . 418-420 * United States Request for Permission To Interview the Pilot of the NASA U-2 Airplane: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 10, 1960.

* "The Latest Actions of American Authorities Apparently Seek To Return the State of American-Soviet Relations to the Worst Times of the 'Cold War' and To Poison the International Situation Before the Summit Meeting": Note From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow, May 10, 1960.

183. Soviet Views on the Effect of the U-2 Incident on the Forthcoming Heads of Government Conference and on the President's Scheduled Visit to the Soviet Union: Replies Made by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khrushchev) to Questions Asked at a News Conference, Moscow, May 11, 1960 (Excerpts)

184. "No One Wants Another Pearl Harbor-This Means That We Must
Have Knowledge of Military Forces and Preparations Around the
World, Especially Those Capable of Massive Surprise Attack":
Statement Read by the President (Eisenhower) at a News Con-
ference, May 11, 1960.

185. "The Collection of Intelligence About the Soviet Union by American
Aircraft . Was [Not] Undertaken. To Prejudice the Suc-
cess of the Forthcoming Meeting of the Heads of Government in
Paris": Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the
Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 12, 1960 . . . .
186. Soviet Conditions for Holding a Heads of Government Conference
With the United States as a Participant: Statement Made by the
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khru-
shchev) at the Preliminary Heads of Government Meeting, Paris,
May 16, 1960 (Excerpts)

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187. United States Suspension of Aerial Surveillance of the Soviet Union and Proposal for Creation of a United Nations Aerial Surveillance To Detect Preparations for Surprise Attack: Statement Made by the President of the United States (Eisenhower) at the Preliminary Heads of Government Meeting, Paris, May 16, 1960. . 428-429 188. "Mr. Khrushchev Was Left in No Doubt by Me That His Ultimatum Would Never Be Acceptable to the United States": Statement by the President (Eisenhower), Issued Following the Preliminary Heads of Government Meeting, Paris, May 16, 1960. 429-430

189. United States Conditions in Agreeing To Participate in the Formal Opening of the Heads of Government Conference: Statement by the President's Press Secretary (Hagerty), Issued at Paris, May 17, 1960 . . .

190. The Chiefs of State or Government of the Western Powers "Remain Ready To Take Part in . . . Negotiations [of Outstanding International Questions] at Any Suitable Time in the Future": Joint Communiqué Issued at Paris by the President of the French Republic (General de Gaulle), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Macmillan), and the President of the United States (Eisenhower), May 17, 1960. .

C. Developments Following the Collapse of the Summit Conference

* Soviet Allegations of "Aggressive Acts by the Air Force of the United States of America Against the Soviet Union, Creating a Threat to Universal Peace": Memorandum of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabled to the President of the U.N. Security Council (Corea), May 19, 1960

191. The North Atlantic Council "Regrets That Mr. Khrushchev's Position Has Made Negotiations in Paris Impossible": Communiqué Issued by the Permanent Council of NATO, Paris, May 19, 1960 . .

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* "After the Disappointments Arising Out of the Failure To Convene a Summit Conference, It Has Given Me Great Pleasure To Revisit Portugal": Remarks Made by the President of the United States (Eisenhower) at a Dinner Honoring the President of Portugal (Thomaz), Queloz Palace, Lisbon, May 19, 1960. . . 192. Soviet Policy in the Light of the Collapse of the Summit Conference: Address by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khrushchev), East Berlin, May 20, 1960 (Excerpts). 433-434 * "The United States Has Not Committed Any Aggressive Acts Against the Soviet Union or Any Other Country, Either Through Its Air Force or Through Any Other Agency of the United States Government": Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Lodge) in the U.N. Security Council, May 23, 1960. . .

193. United States Interpretation of the Collapse of the Summit Conference and Its Portent of the Future: Address by the President (Eisenhower) to the Nation, May 25, 1960

194. "The Soviet Draft Resolution Charging the United States With
Aggression Is Without Foundation-The United States Will
Therefore Vote Against It": Statement Made by the U.S.
Representative (Lodge) in the U.N. Security Council, May 26,
1960 .

195. United States Support of the Proposed United Nations Security
Council "Call To Pick Up the Pieces and To Go Back To Work":
Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Lodge) in the
U.N. Security Council, May 26, 1960.

*The Genesis of the Summit-the U-2 Incident-the Events in
Paris-the Future: Statement Made by the Secretary of State
(Herter) Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
May 27, 1960 .

196. United Nations Security Council Appeal to the Governments of
France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United
States "To Resume Discussions [of Outstanding International
Issues] as Soon as Possible": Resolution Adopted by the U.N.
Security Council, May 27, 1960. . .

197. France's Postsummit "Grand Design"-"A European Entente
From the Atlantic to the Urals": Address by the President of the
French Republic (General de Gaulle) to the French People,
May 31, 1960 ..

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* Soviet Protest Against "Efforts by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany To Utilize West Berlin for Its Military Preparations": Note From the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (Gromyko) Delivered to the American Embassy in Moscow, July 1, 1960. .

* Soviet Indictment of Francis Gary Powers (Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft) Under Article 2 of the Law of the Soviet Union on Criminal Responsibility for State Crimes, Drawn Up July 7, 1960 .

* United States Request for Permission To Interview the Pilot of
the NASA U-2 Aircraft and To Provide Him With Legal Counsel:
Aide-Mémoire From the American Embassy in Moscow to the
Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 11, 1960.

*Soviet Announcement of the Shooting Down of a United States
Air Force RB-47 Aircraft, July 1, 1960, "Over Soviet Territorial
Waters East of Cape Svyatoy Nos": Note From the Soviet
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow,
July 11, 1960

* United States Protest of "the Unwarranted Shooting Down" of the
United States Air Force RB-47 by Soviet Aircraft "Over Inter-
national Waters" and Proposal for a Joint United States-Soviet
Investigation: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to
the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delivered July 13, 1960.
* Soviet Allegations of "New Aggressive Acts by the Air Force of the
United States of America Against the Soviet Union, Creating a
Threat to Universal Peace": Memorandum of the Soviet Min-
istry of Foreign Affairs Cabled to the U.N. Secretary-General
(Hammarskjold), July 13, 1960.

* Soviet Protest of "the Systematic Buzzing of Soviet Ships on the High Seas by American Military Aircraft": Memorandum From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow, July 13, 1960 . .

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198. Postponement of United States-Soviet Negotiations on an Air Trans-
port Agreement: Aide-Mémoire From the American Embassy in
Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 14, 1960. 452-453
* Soviet Insistence That the United States Air Force RB-47 Shot
Down July 1, 1960, Had Penetrated the Airspace of the Soviet
Union: Note From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the
American Embassy in Moscow, July 15, 1960

*United States Protest of the Continued Illegal Detention of the
Two Surviving Members of the Crew of the United States Air
Force RB-47 Shot Down July 1, 1960: Note From the American
Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
July 18, 1960 .

* United States Insistence on the Right of Its Patrol Planes To "Seek
To Identify Ships Encountered Whose Position and Identity Are
Not Otherwise Known, Particularly in the Ocean Approaches to
the United States": Note From the American Embassy in Mos-
cow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 21, 1960. .
*Third Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington Declared
Persona Non Grata for "Flagrantly Abusing His Diplomatic
Status by Engaging in Espionage Activity": Statement Issued
by the Department of State, July 22, 1960.

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199. United States Renewed Request for an Impartial Investigation of the Shooting Down of a United States Air Force RB-47 by Soviet Aircraft, July 1, 1960: Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Lodge) in the U.N. Security Council, July 26, 1960. . 453-460 * United States Renewed Request for Permission To Interview the Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft and To Provide Him With Legal Counsel: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 30, 1960 ..

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* "Instead of Inventing New Methods of Espionage in the Region of
the Soviet Border, the U.S. Government Should Concern Itself To
End Once and for All the Provocative Sallies by Its Military
Aircraft Into the Airspace of the U.S.S.R.": Note From the Soviet
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow,
August 2, 1960. .

United States Renewed Demand for the Release of the Two Sur-
viving Members of the Crew of the United States Air Force
RB-47, Shot Down July 1, 1960: Note From the American
Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
August 4, 1960. .

* Provisions Made by the Soviet Government for the Legal Defense of the Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft in Connection With His Pending Trial: Note From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow, August 4, 1960 . . 200. “The United States Can Act Just as Quickly and Forcefully_During This Election Period as at Any Other Time": Statement Read by the Secretary of State (Herter) at a News Conference, August 9, 1960 . .

Soviet Consent to an Interview Between the Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft and Officers of the American Embassy (Moscow) Following His Trial: Note From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow, August 11, 1960 .. "The Position . . . of the United States. . . That the Final Delimitation of the Western Frontier of Poland Should Await the [German] Peace Settlement... Remains Unchanged": Note From the Secretary of State (Herter) to the Polish Ambassador at Washington (Spasowski), Delivered August 11, 1960 . . . 201. The Western Powers Protest Against the Soviet Government's Disregard of the Special Status of the Greater Berlin Area: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delivered August 12, 1960. First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington Declared Persona Non Grata for Gross Violation of "the Established Norms of Diplomatic Behavior": Statement Issued by the Department of State, August 13, 1960. . . .

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202. United States Further Efforts To Secure an Interview With the
Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft Prior to His Trial: Statement
Issued by the Department of State, August 15, 1960 . . . . . 464-465
203. United States Regrets Concerning the Severity of the Sentence
Passed on the Pilot of the NASA U-2 Aircraft by the Military
Collegium of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R.: Statement by
the President's Press Secretary (Hagerty), Issued August 19,
1960

* Soviet Allegations of "the Menace to World Peace Created by
Aggressive Actions of the United States of America Against the
Soviet Union": Memorandum of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Cabled to the U.N. Secretary-General (Hammarskjold),
August 20, 1960 .

204. The Western Powers Protest Against East German Decrees
Restricting Travel From the Federal Republic of Germany to
Berlin: Statement Issued by the American Embassy in Bonn,
September 3, 1960 . .

* "Under the Berlin Water Law of February 23, 1960 the Government
of the Federal Republic [of Germany] Is Not Authorized To Exer-
cise Control Over Waterways in Berlin": Note From the Ameri-
can Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Delivered September 8, 1960 . .

* The Western Powers Protest Against an Additional East German Decree Restricting Travel From the Federal Republic of Germany to Berlin: Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 12, 1960. . .

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* Soviet Protest Against Restrictions of Movement To Be Imposed on the Head of Its Delegation Attending the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Communication Delivered to the Secretary of State (Herter) by the Soviet Ambassador at Washington (Menshikov), September 13, 1960 .

United States Request for Soviet Compliance With Travel Restrictions To Be Imposed on the Head of the Soviet Delegation Attending the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Communication of the Department of State Delivered to the Soviet Embassy in Washington, September 13, 1960 ... * "In Accordance With the Treaty on Relations Between the U.S.S.R. and the G.D.R. of September 20, 1955, . . the German Democratic Republic Possesses Complete Fullness of Power on the Territory Lying Under Its Sovereignty, Including in Its Capital, and Is Free To Decide Questions of... Mutual Relations With the Federal Republic of Germany": Note From the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Moscow, September 26, 1960

* "The Agreements of September 20, 1955, [Between the U.S.S.R. and the East German Regime] Cannot Alter

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Quadripartite Status of Berlin or Relieve the U.S.S.R. of Its Re-
sponsibilities .. With Respect to Berlin": Letter From the
Western Commandants in Berlin to the Soviet Commandant
(Zakharov), Delivered September 27, 1960.

205. "The Chief Problems in the World Today Are Not Due to Differ-
ences Between the Soviet Union and the United States Alone, and
Therefore Are Not Possible of Solution on a Bilateral Basis":
Letter From the President of the United States (Eisenhower) to
the Presidents of Ghana, Indonesia, the United Arab Republic,
and Yugoslavia, and the Prime Minister of India, October 2,
1960

206. "The Present Government of the United States Has No Serious
Intentions of Seeking Solutions to the Conflicts Dividing States
by Means of Negotiations Founded on Mutual Respect for the
Interests of the Participants": Letter From the Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khrushchev) to the
Presidents of Ghana, Indonesia, the United Arab Republic, and
Yugoslavia, and the Prime Minister of India, October 3, 1960
(Excerpts)

* "The Intensification of Militarist and Revanchist Activities in
West Germany . . . [Suggests the Need for] Conclusion of a
Peace Treaty With the Two German States": Joint Statement
Issued by Czechoslovakia, the "German Democratic Republic,"
Poland, and the U.S.S.R., October 10, 1960 . . .

207. United States Views Regarding the Proper Forum of the United
Nations General Assembly for Discussion of the Soviet Complaint
of "Aggressive Actions of the United States of America Against
the U.S.S.R.": Statement Made by the U.S. Representative
(Wadsworth) Before the U.N. General Assembly, October 13,
1960. . .

* "The Government of the United States Cannot Accept the Assertion of the Soviet Government That the Question of Movement Between the Two Parts of Berlin Is Exclusively Within the Competence of the East German Authorities": Note From the American Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delivered October 26, 1960.

208. "We Are Ready To Develop the Most Friendly Relations Between the Soviet and the American Peoples, Between the Governments of the U.S.S.R. and the United States": Message From the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. (Khrushchev) to the President-Elect of the United States (Kennedy), November 9, 1960.

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