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| rdfs:comment | - The 1960 U-2 incident was precipitated during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union.
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| Name | - Summit Crisis. Mr. K. In Ugly Mood Over U-2 Incident, 1960/05/16
- News Highlights of 1960, 1960/12/31
- Russia, 1960/05/05
- Powers Case. Ike States Policy On Spies and Open Skies, 1960/05/12
- U-2 Spy Trial. Ike Hits Powers Case Exploitation By Reds, 1960/08/18
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| Caption | - A U-2 aircraft similar to the one shot down
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| executed by | - Soviet Air Defence Forces
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| ID | - 1960-05-05
- 1960-05-12
- 1960-05-16
- 1960-08-18
- 1960-12-31
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| Location | - near Kusulino, Soviet Union
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| abstract | - The 1960 U-2 incident was precipitated during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its intact remains and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers, as well as photos of military bases in Russia taken by Powers. Coming roughly two weeks before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit in Paris, the incident was a great embarrassment to the United States and prompted a marked deterioration in its relations with the Soviet Union. Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to three years of imprisonment plus seven years of hard labor, but he was released on 10 February 1962 during a prisoner-exchange with Soviet officer Rudolf Abel.
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