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• The CIA and the U-2 Program
• FBI Vault: Francis Gary Powers
• News Highlights of 1960, 1960/12/31 more... less... "(1) Algeria, South Africa, Congo, Japan riots against mutual defense treaty with America, secret reconaissance of Russia ended with U-2 of Gary Powers; Khrushchev at UN; Castro in Cuba; British Princess Margaret married a commoner; JFk baby; earthquakes; 2 airliners fell on New York City; JFK defeated Nixon (complete newsreel)"
• Powers Case. Ike States Policy On Spies and Open Skies, 1960/05/12
• Russia, 1960/05/05 more... less... "(1) May Day in Moscow, parade in Red Square, emphasis on peaceful coexistence, no rockets or missiles, Khrushchev's "shocking announcement, a United States Air Force plane shot down on Russian soil, reportedly a top secret high-altitude reconnaisance plane. A glimpse of the hard face behind the May Day smile." [first reference to U-2 incident of Gary Powers]"
• Summit Crisis. Mr. K. In Ugly Mood Over U-2 Incident , 1960/05/16 more... less... "(1) wreckage of U-2 of Gary Powers on display in Moscow, Khrushchev with press; Khrushchev arrives in Paris "in ugly mood"; Ike arrives "unsmiling" and speaks at airport, Khrushchev "insulting tirade" torpedoed the summit talks (no pics of Khrushchev)(2) France launched world's largest passenger liner, the SS France, commissioned by Madam De Gaulle (partial newsreel)"
• The U-2 Incident 1960 (Project Avalon)
• U-2 Spy Plane Crisis - Documents (DocsTeach)
• U-2 Spy Trial. Ike Hits Powers Case Exploitation By Reds, 1960/08/18 more... less... (1) Gary Powers trial in Moscow Trade Unions house, relatives attend, Ike press conference, speaks about U-2 on a reconnaissance flight, this does not put the United States on trial, the number of spies we have caught (2) "19 -1/2 Miles High. AF Balloonist Makes Record Flight And Jump" - Capt Joseph Kittinger Jr. puts on suit and enters balloon gondola (glitches); balloon rises from New Mexico, "automatic camera in gondola records the leap" - lands and helped out of suit (partial newsreel)
• U-2 Spy Plane Incident (Eisenhower Library) more... less... Access materials in the Eisenhower Archives related to the U-2 Incident - May 1, 1960 "an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space."

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• Cold War. The Complete Series Call Number: Various by Disc ISBN: 0780692527 See Disc 6 for U2 incident
• Defining Documents in American History: The Cold War (1945-1991) by Salem Press
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  Call Number: Online - Salem Press ISBN: 1619258587
• Defining Documents in American History: The Cold War (1945-1991) [print] by Salem Press Call Number: E813 .C65 2016 ISBN: 9781619258587

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