Ironically, Ike approved of the flights in order to obtain information that would squelch rumors of Soviet military superiority. The data gathered by the U2 might also help silence Eisenhower's ...
On Feb. 10, 1962, on the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union exchanged ... “Sons of 1960 U-2 figures meet” “U2 Spy plane wasn’t hit by a missile” ...
When the US President, Eisenhower, arrived in Paris for the summit meeting the Soviet leader, Khrushchev, demanded he apologise for the mission, and when Eisenhower refused, Khrushchev walked out ...