When Russian Spy Was on Trial-Russian spy Rudolf Abel, stood handcuffed as he talked with his court-appointed chief counsel, James B. Donovan in Brooklyn, N.Y. federal court in September, 1957. Today Abel was swapped to the Russians for American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Donovan played a prominent role in arranging the swap.
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When Russian Spy Was on Trial-Russian spy Rudolf Abel, stood handcuffed as he talked with his court-appointed chief counsel, James B. Donovan in Brooklyn, N.Y. federal court in September, 1957. Today Abel was swapped to the Russians for American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Donovan played a prominent role in arranging the swap.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1962]

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

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