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Tom Hanks portrays Donovans daughter in Spielberg spy film
Mary Ellen Fuller of Alcola, Brooklyn native, recalls her father James B Donovan, the lawyer who brokered the U-2 swap and Bay of Pigs prisoner exchanges. Donovan defended Rudolf Abel, arranged Powers for Abel exchange on the Glienicke Bridge, and earned the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
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