Talks to Swap Powers for Abel Began Almost at Once
In a story from THE U2 AFFAIR the letter from East Germany triggers a high-stakes swap plot. James Donovan receives Helen Abel’s May 8 1961 message contemplating exchanging Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy imprisoned in Atlanta. The tale follows Donovan toward East Berlin as he navigates CIA channels and Cold War intrigue.
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Abel
David Wie
East Germany
Bisenacher
Leinsig
William Street
East River
Jower Manhattan
James Donovan
Tie
Helen Abel
Donovan
East Berlin
Iron Curtain
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C
Powers
Sverdlovsk
Francis Gary Powers
Hellen Abel
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Brooklyn
Moscow
United States
Alanta
Allen Dulles
Dulles
Leipzig
Eisenacher Strasse
William &J
Donovan Exchange in Berlin Traces Cold War Spy Turn
In late January 1962 Donovan received clearance to travel to Berlin for a prisoner exchange. After a tense flight from New York to West Berlin, Abel was moved through Atlanta and Idlewild, watched by CIA contacts, and finally transferred at Glienicker Bridge where Abel faced the exchange with Donovan and the U2 pilot Deeevas noted in a dramatic wartime handoff.
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New York
Donovan
Leipzig
CIA
Hellen Abel
Berlin
London
West Berlin
Dahlem
Ivan Shishkin
Western Europe
Abel
Drews
Atlanta
Washington
Fred T. Wilkinson
Department of Justice
Idlewild
Bevin
Henry Jvdsen
Witkinson
Atlantic
Moscow
Tempelhaf
Andrews Army Base
East Berlin
Shishkin
Glienicker Bridge
East Germany
Murphy
Whitney Symington Battle Over Stockpile Probes Draws In Whitney
Washington column outlines looming decisions for Sen. Stuart Symington and John Hay Whitney as stockpile probe tensions rise. It chronicles Whitney family ties, Freeport Sulphur’s role, and alleged influence on government contracts during the Eisenhower era, with a 1962 copyright note.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
Missouri
New York Herald Tribune
John Hay Whitney
Symington
Whitney
The
Herald Tribune
Kennedy
Herald Trib
Eve Wadsworth
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Jock
Mrs. Symington
Symingtons
Ike
London
Sen
Jock Whitney
Eisenhower
Freeport Sulphur
Castro
Cuba
Free
Nicaro
U.S
Nicaro Nickel Fieidy
Truman
Freeport
General Services Administration
Dutch Billiton Co
National Lead
Langbourne Williams
White House
Jess Larson
General Services Administrator
New York
James Brownlee
Brownlee
Office of Defense Mobilization
Frankfort Distillers
Seagram
Senate
Young
Maine primaries set today amid district shakeup
In Portland Maine three major nomination contests feature two Democrat races and a Republican clash in the First District where incumbent Garld and Tupper vie for the nomination. Democrats include Clyde Bartlett and Thom as Maynard, with Dubord and Doll off seeking November battle against Reed.
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Portland, Maine
Maine
New
First
Peter A. Garland
Stanley R. Tupper
Clyde Bartlett
South Portland
Thomas L. Maynard
Portland
National Democratic
Richard J. Dubord
Waterville
Maynard C. Dolloff
Gray
Goy
Doin H. Reed
Reed
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Thoms
Beaden Neuse, Inc
Jim D
Golden City
Hilton Betel
Weld
Deacvan
Wilkinson
Noah L. Aldredge
Bureau of Prisons
Henry Hudson
Earl Peck
Deeevas
Drew Pearson
Symington, Tribune
Pearson
the New South
Dougherty County Superior Court
Albany
Charles Sherrod
Charles Jones
Robert Zellner
Thomas Hayden
Sherrod
Zellner
West Virginia
Charleston
Ass‘n
J. W. Dant
Bant Dist. CO
Lawrenceberg
Clifford G. McIntire
Tupper
Garland
Republicana
Ther
Tufsynk
Mootenes
Goodyear Auto
Goodyear Tire
Canada
Goodyear
Appalachian Tire Products
Broad St
PT. Pleasant
Lewisburg
Chas. Ph
Beckley
Colloway Heights
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