CIA Documents Show US Never Believed Gary Powers Was Shot Down -- Times Online
At 8.52 this morning a normally garrulous American is to observe a moment’s silence outside the Lubyanka, headquarters of what used to be the KGB in central Moscow.
He will be there to honour the good name of his father, Francis Gary Powers, whose reputation has suffered for half a century by association with one of the most enduring mysteries of the Cold War.
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More News On The 50th Anniversary Of The Gary Powers U-2 Incident Over Russia
CIA twist in '60s Cold War crash: 50th anniversary of Powers' U-2 flight -- New York Post
Downed U-2 pilot's son on own mission in Russia -- AP
Francis Powers Jr. visits Russia 50 years after his dad was shot down over USSR -- Voice of Russia
Fifty Years Later, Gary Powers and U-2 Spy Plane Incident Remembered -- RIA Novosti
U2 incident gave Nikita Khrushchev no choice but to turn his back on detente -- Times Online
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