Letters, may 30, 1960

The U-2 Over the Summit

Sir:

As one citizen of the U.S., I will sleep a little better each night now knowing that this Government has been for some time securing my future by sending reconnaissance expeditions to spy on clever, clandestine and cunning Russia.

MARGARET MORTON

New York City

Sir:

No amount of sugar-coating by your reporting of the U-2 incident or fast footwork by soothing politicians can gloss over the cold, hard, terrifying fact that this nation is provoking war. How many Russian planes have been shot down over the States lately? After...

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