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_ nthe a PE a oo ate re _ protesting resbtutely apainst such acts, the , bovernnent of ‘the pssh a stressed repedtedly in its notes- to-the Government, of. the 0.5. that thase tutu dons "are & gross. sale ion of the elementary standards of ihternationad- ta . (The note of Septen' » 195), and constitute “premeditated actions by ~ + ‘gertain U.S. circles cine at aggravat, the relations between the Boviet - ON, ca = Anion and ‘the United States of America" (The note of July 10th, 2938). aaee : ; ay rely to. all. ‘these notes, the. Covernnent of the U.S." “Limited eel to. formal answers. . . ; “The ‘repeated intiisions. by American planes ‘within the confines. ét. the : - Soviet Union are a flagrant violation of the universally: recognized principle +f international law establishing the full and exclusive sovereignty of every ‘ _ ‘state over the airepace above, ate territory. ° _ ee A the principle whareby teach state has ‘full and exclusive sovereignty. “over: rthe airspace above its territory" ws anchored 4n.ithe multdpartite Paris Con- ~~ tion on the Regulation of Air Navigation of October: 13th, -1919,:taken up da ‘the Havana Convention of: 1928,:‘concluded ‘by @ fumber of American States, and ; reproduced in Article 1 of the Convention on International Civil. Aviation con- ge eluded in Chicago on December 7th, duh. me! oe. ; a The seme principle of ‘complete ‘and ‘exclusive doverelenty’ ‘of a state. over. Boe aes ite airspace fend expression also in the national legislation of various ~ . ‘countries, including the Soviet Union and the United States of America (The =<‘ ‘Air Commerce Aet of the 0.5. Congress 0 of 2926. and the Gavi. Aeronautics Act of Article 1 of the Air Code of the USSR of 995 also “lays ‘down “that “the 7 _ . -, Union of the Seviet Sovialist Republics exercises ‘the full ‘and exclusive overs . ; _ ehgnty over tte airspace of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 2 This primiple of poveretenty is ‘sacred and Smtae in international, In these emditions the above statenents of President EApenhover of the United States, Wice President Nixon and United States Secretary of State Herter _ by which they attempted to justify violations of the USSR sovereignty by Ameri- can aircraft ad elevated such violations into a principle of the state policy of the United States can not be regarded otherwise than as an open declaration . Of the rafusdl of the United States Government to comply with the fundamental universally meognized standards of international law, without the. observation _ of which norm. relations between states are impossible. Lea oy _ The repeted Antrusions of American aircraft into the ‘airspace of ‘the use, ° ’ specifically Me flight of the "Lockheed U~2" plane on May Ist of the current year, constitafe a gross violation of the sovereignty of the USSR and an act of aggression whith tramples upon standards of international law and the high — a principles of fhe United Nations Charter vhich also bears the © signature ¢ of the United Statesef America, ; re ele tye Dee, With thepresent: devel of ‘military ‘fectniques , in ‘the conditions when, as - responsible derican military leaders have repeatedly declared, the United —.. States of Ammica is constantly keeping aloft patrol bombers carrying atomic - sand hydrogeniimbs, reconnaissance flights involving the photographing of possi- “ble bombing Srgets and the spotting of radar instadletions. represent Composite we ; elenents of muilitary attack from the air. * a * , Pt ‘Under ont conditions, the intrusion of ‘a foreign ‘eircraft inte. “the Linits | of the USSRm:at any time be an indication of the beginning of an armed attack, « Horeover, thee.is nothing to guarantee thet’ any such plane “appearing over — Soviet ternitry does not carry a deadly load. mo - . The ageassive act of the. United States of America in ‘the. form of arrogant invasion offie airspace of the USSR by an American military sircraft represents. an action $i directly jeopardizes world peace, In the conditions when cer- . . tain stetesyessess nuélear wespons and means to deliver them to targets almost . | dnstantaneosty, the aggressive act undertaken by the United States on May ist, ; 21960 sgainstihe Soviet Union might have had nost _erave ‘consequences for humanity TET EOE NC sagem nee The abomentioned statements “of tite ‘Waited States ‘Governnent Leadera,. and. e@ note of #& United States Government of May 12th of the current