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Communist MiG Pilot Flees to Freedom with Plane

Description

This film covers the defection of Chinese Communist Air Force 2nd Lt. Liu Cheng-sze, via a MiG-15 jet fighter, to an air base at Taoyuan, 16 miles southwest of Taipei, Taiwan.

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Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities

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Date
1962-03-01
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TRT
3:40

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