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May 02 – U-2 Cover Plan

by Darren Cole on May 2, 2011


  • Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1829 (page 2 of 2)
Cover plan to be used for downed U-2 flight

Memo, cover plan to be used for downed U-2 flight; White House Office, Office of the Staff Seretary: Records, 1952-61 (Subject Series; Alphabetical Subseries), Box 15, Folder: Intelligence Matters (14); Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; National Archives.

On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. Dated May 2, this document details a cover story to be released regarding the flight.

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maureen Cuddeback May 2, 2011 at 7:22 pm

May day, May day was also when they killed in battle Osama Bin Laden in 2011.
History now and then!

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