DEFENSE: No Answer

What is the U.S. doing to help captured U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers? Like any other U.S. citizen in trouble in a foreign country, he is entitled to all the help his Government can give him—but as of this week, that has been very little. The State Department has made four attempts. On May 6, the day Khrushchev announced that a U.S. plane had been shot down. the U.S. embassy in Moscow delivered to the Soviet Foreign Ministry a note asking for details about both plane and pilot. No answer. On May 10,...

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