When President Eisenhower arrived in Paris for the summit meeting, Khrushchev demanded he apologise for the mission, and when Eisenhower refused Khrushchev walked out.

And Khrushchev knew that Eisenhower was not going to back out ... and that therefore there was no point to having the meeting and he used the U2 as a way to very dramatically bring the meeting ...

When the US President, Eisenhower, arrived in Paris for the summit meeting the Soviet leader, Khrushchev, demanded he apologise for the mission, and when Eisenhower refused, Khrushchev walked out ...

For the chronically hopeful, the 1959 thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations, the Eisenhower-Khrushchev visits and the march toward the summit, carry the promise of an enchanted spring of peace.