1960年5月14日,星期六。黄昏前,艾森豪威尔乘“空军一号”座机前往巴黎与尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫会晤。他时而打盹,时而阅读,时而凝视群星。飞机在大西洋上空飞行,天渐渐地黑了下来。他得知弗朗西斯·鲍尔斯在斯维尔德洛夫斯克上空被击落的消息已经十三天了。从他得知这个驾驶员被活捉算起,也有一周了。美国高级官员为了保持美苏关系,为了使美国政府不致陷入困境,掩 Saturday, May 14, 1960. Before dusk, Eisenhower traveled to Paris on the “Air Force One” plane to meet Nikita Khrushchov. He sometimes nap, sometimes reading, sometimes staring at the stars. The plane flew over the Atlantic Ocean, getting darker and darker. It was already 13 days since he learned that Francis Bowers had been shot down over Sverdlovsk. It was also a week since he learned that the pilot was alive. In order to maintain the U.S.-Soviet relations and to prevent the U.S. government from getting into trouble, senior U.S. officials