Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Exchanged for U2 Pilot--Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, above, who had been serving a prison sentence for stealing American military and atomic secrets, was released by the U.S. and turned over to Russia early today in an exchange for American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.
Exchanged for U2 Pilot--Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, above, who had been serving a prison sentence for stealing American military and atomic secrets, was released by the U.S. and turned over to Russia early today in an exchange for American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.
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Exchanged for U2 Pilot--Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, above, who had been serving a prison sentence for stealing American military and atomic secrets, was released by the U.S. and turned over to Russia early today in an exchange for American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1962]

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[Information from item housing] Abel, Rudolph Ivanovich Russian Spy

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