U.S. Note to the Soviet Union
5/6/1960
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This is the American government's initial statement to the Soviet Union that the U-2 plane downed on May 1, 1960, was a NASA weather research plane.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 Summer Workshop at the Eisenhower Library.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 Summer Workshop at the Eisenhower Library.
This primary source comes from the Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell.
National Archives Identifier: 72736221
Full Citation: U.S. Note to the Soviet Union - May 6; 5/6/1960; U-2 Incident [Vol. III] [July-August 1960] (2); Alphabetical Subject Files, 1953 - 1961; Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell; Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/note-to-soviet-union, April 26, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.