{"id":1319,"date":"2010-08-17T00:59:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2010-08-02T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T09:00:39","slug":"17thaugust-1960-50-years-today-trial-u2-pilot-francis-gary-powers-begins-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/17thaugust-1960-50-years-today-trial-u2-pilot-francis-gary-powers-begins-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"17th\tAugust 1960 (50 years ago today) – The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow."},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. 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 remains (largely intact) and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Coming just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of an East\u2013West 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. [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. The United States government at first denied the plane’s purpose and mission, but… <\/p>\n

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