Authorization by the President to produce 30 U-2 aircraft.
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Authorization by the President to produce 30 U-2 aircraft.
This primary source comes from the Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 186476
Full Citation: Memorandum of Conference with the President at 0810 on November 24, 1954; 11/25/1954; Ann C. Whitman Diary November 1954 (1); Ann Whitman Diary, 1953–1961; Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States,; Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/memo-conference-president-eisenhower-u2/, May 26, 2026]
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