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They had Powers' "confession," too ("I plead guilty to the fact that I have flown over Soviet territory"), but any suggestion that his prompt admission marked him as a defector was quickly denied in Washington. In an age of such sophisticated third-degree methods as "truth se rums," agents are taught to recognize the inevitable - and talk. Powers, for one, had little to tell beyond his own personal history. He had been trained as a pilot, not a spy. His instruments did his snooping...
...State Department had followed a similar policy last March in its prompt official condemnation of Premier Henrik Verwoerd's South African government (ironically, an ally in the Korean war) for its bloody suppression of Negro demonstrations against apartheid. Said the State Department spokesman: "While the U.S., as a matter of practice, does not ordinarily comment on the internal affairs of governments with which it enjoys normal relations, it cannot help but regret the tragic loss of life...
...soil-bank and acreage-retirement] programs: in effect, they reward people for not producing. For a nation that is expressing great concern over its 'economic growth,' I cannot conceive of a more absurd and self-defeating policy than one which subsidizes non-production." Goldwater's solution: "Prompt and final termination of the farm subsidy program...
...NATO meeting), and Presidential Science Adviser George Kistiakowsky. None was willing to accept all the Soviet points. Otherwise, the group was split. Herter and Kistiakowsky were for negotiating further on inspection guarantees, but talked of making some concessions to reach an agreement. AEC Chairman McCone called for a prompt resumption of testing until enforceable controls were assured. The Pentagon strongly seconds...
Politely, Moscow suggested that the visit be rescheduled as soon as possible after the "seven or ten days" that it would take Nikita to shake off the virus. No less politely, De Gaulle sent along "his sincere wishes" for Khrushchev's prompt recovery...