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Jan 20, 1970 · Dr. James Britt Donovan, the lawyer and educator who ar ranged the trade of a Soviet spy for the U‐2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and negotiated the ransom of prisoners taken by Cuba in the Bay of...
Oct 9, 2015 · The true story behind Bridge of Spies reveals that it took several months of negotiating before James Donovan was sent to meet face to face with the second secretary of the Soviet Embassy, Ivan Schischkin, in East Germany. During those months, Donovan worked with the Department of Justice to set up the prisoner exchange.
Negotiating their release was no easy task. James Donovan, who you may know from Tom Hanks’ character in the Hollywood blockbuster, Bridge of Spies, was one of the men who negotiated their release, as well as the release of an additional 10,000 prisoners held in Cuban detention. This is his story.
Nov 25, 2015 · Just six months after the spy swap at the center of Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies,” James B. Donovan, the New York lawyer who negotiated that exchange in real life, sat down in Havana...
Mar 29, 2016 · How can you defend a foreigner who came to the United States with the likely intent of causing harm to Americans? For attorney James B. Donovan, a 1940 graduate of Harvard Law School, the real question at the height of the Cold War was: How can you not?
Nov 27, 2015 · Directed by Steven Spielberg, 'Bridge of Spies' is a dramatic thriller which tells the story of James Donovan (played by Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn insurance claims lawyer who finds himself thrust...
Feb 18, 2020 · Editors' note: The lead character in Steven Spielberg’s 2015 thriller “Bridge of Spies,” James B. Donovan, was a New York attorney and a prosecutor during the Nuremberg war crime trials in...
