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= Spy Plane Is Shot Down: = Eisenhower invited khrushchev to visit the U.S. in late 1959 after success the two leaders agreed to hold a summit in Paris: a formal face to face meeting of leaders from different countries to discuss issues. Before the summit was to begin in 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 Spy plane. Eisenhower first claimed that the plane was used to detect weather and said it strayed off course. Eisenhower refused to apologize because he said the flights protected the U.S. security. After that occurred, Khrushchev broke up the summit.

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