Interview with James Britt Donovan [sound recording] / by Bob and Betty Lewis.

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Interview with James Britt Donovan [sound recording] / by Bob and Betty Lewis.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79435696

James Britt Donovan, lawyer, educator, and author, speaks about his book "Strangers on a bridge : the case of Colonel Abel;" about his position as head of the New York City Board of Education; and about his negotiations to free prisoners in Cuba and Berlin.

1 sound tape reel : 7 1/2 ips., mono. ; 5 in.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8229279

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lewis, Betty Jessel.

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Lewis, Robert Foster.

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Donovan, James B. (James Britt), 1916-1970

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James Britt Donovan (February 29, 1916 – January 19, 1970) was an American lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency), ultimately becoming general counsel of the OSS, and an international diplomatic negotiator. Donovan is widely known for negotiating the 1960–1962 exchange of captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and American student Frederic Pry...