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Action by UN Security Council following shooting down by Soviet Union of U2 military...

Catalogue reference: FO 371/153611

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Reference
FO 371/153611
Date
1960
Description

Action by UN Security Council following shooting down by Soviet Union of U2 military aircraft

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
File 2288
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2911078/

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Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966

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