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Record:

DOWNEY, JOHN T.

Sources:

Dallas Times Herald, Mon 9/5/83, p. 20-A

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Comments:

Former CIA agent whose plane was shot down in 1952 while on spy mission over China. Held 21 years. Blamed John Foster Dulles for China's holding him 16 yrs longer than necessary. Now (1983) a 53-yr-old lawyer.

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