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Cause And Effect Of The Cold War Essay

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Francis Gary Powers had been on a top secret mission. He was told to fly over Soviet

territory and to photograph the denied territory from his U2 spy plane deep inside the territories

of Russia. Francis Powers’ fate and the fate of the entire U2 program committee stayed a mystery

for many days. The story of the U2 incident, its preface, and its aftermath revealed one of the

most fascinating stories of the cold war. It paved the way for chaos and more problems that were

yet to come. The U-2 incident was the shooting of an American spy plane that was shot down by

the Soviets. This event resulted in the contriving of the Cold War. This incident not only caused a

terrible mess, but it caused more tension between the Americans and …show more content…

The issues that were discussed included Belin’s status and

where they lied in this matter and the control of the nuclear arms. As the meeting began,

Khrushchev launched into an attack against Eisenhower and the United States. He then stormed

out of the meeting in anger. The meeting was a disaster. It was chaotic and unprofessional. The

meeting collapsed immediately and the conference was called off. Eisenhower attended the Paris

Summit only long enough to walk out when Eisenhower chose not to apologize for the terrible

incident. No treaty was signed, only the presence of anger and disappointment was the

atmosphere of the room. He considered the “stupid U-2 mess” one of the worst downfalls of his

presidency. Francis Gary Powers, the pilot, was later released in 1962 in exchange for a captured

Soviet spy (American U-2 Spy).

The U-2 Incident was very tragic. A high altitude airplane was shot down while flying a

spy mission over the Soviet Union. The likeliness to end the Cold War collapsed when President

Dwight Eisenhower authorized the U-2 spy plane mission over Soviet airspace which was

eventually shot down. Because of the U-2 incident, the end of the Cold War was not

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