Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953 - 1961. Subject Files, 1953 - 1961. U-2 Incident - Press (1). Press Clipping - Soviet Rejection to Interview Powers, 5/10/1960.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953 - 1961. Subject Files, 1953 - 1961. U-2 Incident - Press (1). Press Clipping - Soviet Rejection to Interview Powers, 5/10/1960.

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This AP report from Moscow describes how Soviet Premier Krushchev rejected the Norway ambassador's request to interview Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the downed U-2 spy plane.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977

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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....