C00212850 `+- Document 45 of 25 for F3IS ?~ DOCN 000602337 PDTG P 181335Z SEP 95 FM FM F3IS WARSAW PL TO TO AIG 4621 RHFTA_AA/OSIA EUROPE R4EIN MAIN AB G= RUCBAIC/AIC NORFOLK VA RUC3AIC/AIC NORFOLK VA//DIIC// RUCOX.AQ/FITRON ONE ZERO ONE//320// RUCWA_AA/F3IS RESTON VA//POLCH// RUDXMXB/F3IS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDKMKD/F3IS LONDOND UK RUDKi'!KE/F3IS LONDON UK RLTDKVN/AM-z.MBASSY VILNIUS RUEABND/DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN HQ WASHINGTON DC//OIS// RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA RUEESK/?MEMBASSY MINSK RUEi;-7.R/AiHEMBASSY WARSAW RUERWAA/D_IR OPERATIONS GROUP CARISLE BKS ?A RfjESt-'/F3IS MOSCOW RS R - /CDR USASETAF VICENZA IT//AESE- MO// 9U.:-.BABA/CG III MEF //G-2// RU.ITAEA/NAIC WRIGHT PATTERSON A.FS OH//TAI// RX-DBHW/CINCNORTHWEST/ /UAJ/ / RXFNDA/COt?^INORTH / /JOINT INT/ / RXF?SH/S HAPE BE//PIO// ACCT FBWS-EW'D K BT CLAS UNCL.AS 3I/.MU SERI SERIAL: +51809133595 PASS PASS: ATTN WIRE SELECT COUN COUNTRY: 3E L-ARUS SUBJ SUSJ: TAKE 1 OF 2 -- DETAILS OF INQUIRY INTO U.S. BALLOON DOWNING REF ?.EF: MM1509180795 AND ADD MOSCOW KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA RUSSIAN 16 SEP -- MORE ON FINDINGS ON BALLOON SHOOTDOWN SOUR SOURCE: MINSK ZVYAZDA IN BELARUSIAN 16 SEP 95 PP 1,3 TEXT TEXT: //((REPORT BY SYARHEY KHRYPACH: "THE BELARUSIANS, SWISS, AND POLES ARE 'BLAMED' FOR THE DEATH OF U.S. BALLOONISTS. WHERE IS THE TRUTH?" -- FIRST PARAGRAPH PUBLISHED IN BOLDFACE; PASSAGE WITHIN SLANTLINES PUBLISHED IN ITALICS)) ( OBIS TRANSLATED TEXT)) A NUNBER OF QUESTIONS AND VERSIONS Ii"!l--DIATELY SURROUNDED THE UNIQUE TRAGEDY OF THE U.S. BALLOON WHICH WAS DOWNED OVER THE COUNTRY'S TERRITORY. SO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN BYAROZAWSKI RAYON, BREST OBLAST? WAS IT A WAFT OF A NEW "COLD WAR," WHICH WOULD BE VERY ILLOGICAL AND SENSELESS IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION? OR WAS IT ABSURDITY THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO PEOPLE? TO PUT IT BRIEFLY, BELARUS HAS FOUND ITSELF FACING A LARGE INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL: ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE BARRICADE THERE IS A SMALL, INDEPENDENT, AND NEUTRAL STATE WHICH IS JUST GAINING PRESTIGE AND RENOWN IN THE WORLD, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A STATE POWERFUL IN ALL RESPECTS. Approved for Rele TO REMOVE ALL DOUBTS AND INSINUATIONS, AS WELL AS TO ISSUE AN OF ICIAL STATEMENT FOR THE FOREIGN PRESS, THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE COMMISSION FOR INVESTIGATING THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, WHICH WAS SET UP AT TEE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL INSTRUCTION, PROVIDED DETAILS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION ON 14 SEPTEMBER. THEY WERE :R,?ORT?-D BY YURY SIVAKOW, C00212850 COi`'^4ISSION DEPUTY C AIR.MAlN AND CHIEF OF THE 3ELARUSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENT, FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VALERYY TSAPKALA, AND STATE AVIATION COMMITTEE CHAIR:AAN RYHOR FYODARAW. - SO, ON 12 SEPTEMBER AT 0914, THE ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE DETECTED A BALLOON IN BELARUSIAN AIRSPACE. THE SERVICEZZN WERE SURPRISED BY THE BALLOON'S UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE, SINCE THEY HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT IT. THE CENTRAL CO.M.M_AND POST EX.ALMINED ALL APPLICATIONS ((FOR FLIGHT PERMITS)) . AS A RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION, THEY CONCLUDED THAT THIS FLYING OBJECT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THAT PLACE AT THAT TIM-_, SINCE THERE WAS NO APPLICATION CONCERNING IT. FOLLOWING THIS, MAJOR GENERAL VALERYY Ke? STEN