FRANCIS GARY POWERS OPERATION OVERFLIGHT The U-2 pilot tells his story for the first time.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00764R000500100005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 1, 1970
• Content Type: NSPR

LITIN
Approved For Relee 199910''14 : GIA-RDP83-007648000500100005-2
1i~I . _-, ]cast I e b 6, ~ 1
II, vu 0 h a V a h OS
cincident
"His most telling point Is' we d', not appear
to have learned very much from the U-2
incident. A fascinating. story, effectively
told." -'Robert Kirsch, Los Angc(es Times
"A well-told . . . thrilling book, Many fas-
cinating tales about CIA activity lead the
reader to wonder whether Alice ever had a
wilder time behind the looking glass."
-Newsday
"Controversy has swirled around Powers
since that fateful May 1, 1960. He was a,
pioneer in the transition of the old cloak-
and-dagger technique to today's electronic
eye-in-the-sky." -Bob Considine
flights.-You put his book down wondering
'whether other such missions are now in
progross, and, if so, whether we are prop-
erly pr :;: rad fora failure."
-Join Barkham, Saturday Review Service
F J CIS GARY
POWERS
OPERATION OVERFLIGHT
The U-2 pilot tells
his story for the first time.
with Curt Gentry
16 Pages of Photos. $6.95
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
d For Release 1999/09/24: CIA-RDP83-00764R000500100005-2