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Admin moved page How did the United States and USSR react to the Francis Gary Powers U2 incident? to How did the United States and USSR react to the Francis Gary Powers U2 incident
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On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying through Soviet airspace. The fallout over the incident resulted in the cancellation of the Paris Summit scheduled to discuss the ongoing situation in divided Germany, the possibility of an arms control or test ban treaty, and the relaxation of tensions between the USSR and the United States.