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. * Ma : iain ; : can lett nae i eh Ang Mm ams high officials of the Eisenhower,stories and the Heg_that were. administration who first leaked teld about the U-2 affair in the the flame-out story were right,'past the government is likely to or nearly so. Mr. Powers then'find that whatever it says on would be in the deep dilemmajthe subject now is suspect. y of explaining why, barring tor-|Leaked stories in particular will tg ture (of which there has been\be under suspicion. no evidence), he testified that] Very Mkely the CLA will wish he had been hit at 68,000 feet. [that as little information as pos- _ If Mr. Powers 1s telling a dif-|sible be made public, especially ferent story now in private fromjany that might suggest that Mr. what he told the world from powers was an inadequate agent. the witness stand in Moscow, |The CIA has been under pres- he had better have some good | sure enough since the. Cuban reasons for the. testimony thet ‘debacle and does not want any he gave. jmore unfavorable disclosures learin that might increase the already 2 mestfons Nee ae to troublesome talk about greater the most cogent presentation to| COm#ressional supervision of its ivities. . clear up such questions as why act . he did not destroy his plane Fuil Truth Is Elusive i with an explosive mechanism] The full truth about the U-2/ é provided rather than let it falljaffair will be elusive under the |: : into enemy hands. : best of circumstances, and all There are plenty of dilemmasjconcerned may have reasons’ to go around in this incredible|for telling less than the ful. situation. After all the coverjtruth because, among - other things, of the international: complications involved. Mr. Powers will not be free of, pressures that will hold him to’ what the government considers’ : iscreet utterance. While the ~— “ i a ses saat gern abiarss Fe ec getpines nat (plate prosecuting him for dis-. ‘closure of official secrets in Mos-” cow, Mr. Powers will surely not wish to inject any new diffi- culties in the situation. And when he came under CIA juris-- diction as a reconnaissance plane pilot, he subjected himself to the -law that forbids CIA operatives from writing their Memoirs or discussing sourves of information or methods with- a nt