# The spy plane that shattered a summit

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Podcast: [Nightlife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nightlife-159858)
Published: 2026-05-10T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/cold-war-u-2-crisis-eisenhower-khrushchev-timothy-naftali/106663870
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Duration seconds: 1765

## Resource

A secret spy mission, a surviving pilot, and a collapsing cover story combined to produce one of the greatest diplomatic scandals of the Cold War.

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