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An extraordinary tale of Cold War heroism has recently come to light.(Richard Fecteau, John Downey)(Brief article)
An extraordinary tale of Cold War heroism has recently come to light. This is the case of CIA agents Richard Fecteau and John Downey, captured by the Communist Chinese on a mission into southeastern Manchuria during the Korean War. Fecteau was released in 1971 after 19 years' imprisonment; Downey in 1973, following Richard Nixon's visit to China. The Downey-Fecteau case has been known in outline for many years, but only recently has a detailed, unclassified account been published in the CIA in-house magazine Studies in Intelligence. After some beatings at the time of their ...
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