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(DOC UNDATED-PUB DATE EST) THE U-2 INCIDENT OF 1 MAY 1960

Document Type: 
FOIA [1]
Collection: 
Francis Gary Powers: U-2 Spy Pilot Shot Down by the Soviets [2]
Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU [3]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
0000012389
Release Decision: 
Original Classification: 
U
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Release Date: 
February 2, 1992
Sequence Number: 
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
January 1, 1961
Content Type: 
File: 
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Source URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/0000012389

Links
[1] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document-type/foia
[2] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/francis-gary-powers-u-2-spy-pilot-shot-down-soviets
[3] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/lt-col-oleg-penkovsky-western-spy-soviet-gru
[4] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000012389.pdf