Spy Story of the Year - Gary Powers
Spy Story of the Year - Gary Powers
In Moscow Nikita Khrushchev is shown as he told the Soviet Presidium that the pilot Gary Powers of the downed American Reconnaissance Plane was alive. And Russia had seized five photographs made 1400 miles inside Soviet borders. The plane was brought down on May Day less than 2-weeks before the Summit Talks, and Mr. Khrushchev was quick to play on the incident for propaganda advantage. Out in the open came the most sensational intelligence operation yet revealed. America officially admits extensive flights over and around Russia by un-armed planes in the last 5-years. U-2 Affair Moscow, Russia Interior Soviet Presidium. Nikita Khrushchev steps to podium, receiving standing ovation. Khrushchev speaks (don't have his audio). Department of State, Washington, D.C States Department spokesman Lincoln White gives the reasons for the flights. Lincoln White, "Given the state of the world today intelligence corrections activities are practiced by all countries. And post-war history certainly reveals that the Soviet Union has not been lagging behind in this field."