L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell, 1952 - 1961. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1953 - 1961U-2 Incident [Vol. III] [July-August 1960] (3). Telegram from American Embassy in Moscow to Secretary of State on Francis Gary Powers Trial, 8/18/1960.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell, 1952 - 1961. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1953 - 1961U-2 Incident [Vol. III] [July-August 1960] (3). Telegram from American Embassy in Moscow to Secretary of State on Francis Gary Powers Trial, 8/18/1960.

1960

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72736326

This telegram to the Secretary of State from the American Embassy in Moscow describes reactions from correspondents at the trial of Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the American U-2 spy plane that crashed in the Soviet Union in May 1960.

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11644031

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv4qhs (person)

Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a 1977 helicopter crash....