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The article discusses the capture of U-2 Lockheed pilot Francis Gary Powers in Soviet territory in the midst of the cold war. It states that Powers was gunned down by the orders of Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev, who is said to be aware of American reconnaissance missions across the country. It mentions that U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower ordered State Department spokesman, Lincoln White, to tell the truth in a press conference. Eiichiro Sekigawa's description of the U-2 is provided.

The article focuses on the political realities in Europe while under the influence of the Cold War. Secretary of State Dean Rusk said that the U.S. will protect West Germany and West Berlin from aggression; however, he was countered by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko who stressed on their determination to maintain their hold on Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Yugoslavs are said preparing for the worst and planning to slow down enemy advances for six to seven days before using guerilla warfare.

The article reports on the cold war challenge faced by the administration of President John F. Kennedy in the U.S. It states that Laos had been a concern of Kennedy since he met with Dwight Eisenhower the day before the inauguration. Kennedy requested Admiral Harry Donald Felt to know the situation in Laos. The article notes that the U.S. viewed the state as a test of the Kremlin's intentions, and would not attempt to settle any other cold war issues until the Russians called off the invasion.

The article assesses the capability of Western nations to meet and counter a Soviet attack on Europe. A meeting was held by the defense chiefs of eleven Atlantic pact nations in The Hague in the Netherlands in 1950 to examine military readiness. The main U.S. effort at the meeting was to assure that the U.S. would help European allies in thwarting a Soviet attack. An evaluation of the present military strength in Europe, whose worst part lies in Germany and France, is presented.

The article reports on the scale of the anti-American propaganda of the Soviet Union as observed by U.S. Ambassador George Kennan. Kennan noted that the Communist propaganda considers the U.S. in general as beasts and cannibals. Such observations have prompted Kennan to suggest that the U.S. review its assumptions about Russian intentions.

The article focuses on the real view regarding cold war in Moscow, Russia in 1961. In Europe, the Italian Communist Party has shrunk from a peak of 2,500,000 to 1,700,000 in 1960. In Asia, the city had engineered the neutralization of Laos and had forced the U.S. to pour more military aid to South Vietnam. In Africa, the city's sharpest spearhead is slowly moving toward stability even though Communist embassies are reappearing in Leopoldville.

The article reports on the first 100 days of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It mentions that Kennedy has to learn the reality and facts of Cold War life as he tries to negotiate with it rationally. It notes that Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev has heightened the Cold War with increases in arms shipments to Cuba, spread of guerrilla warfare in Laos and subversion in South Vietnam. It also cites the lessons that Kennedy learned from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

The article explores the new look of neutralism in the views of various nations. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower says that nation does not desire that the African nations should belong to one camp or the other. The neutralist nations throw themselves between the colossi of East and West in the hope of ending the cold war. They see the United Nations (U.N.) as the bulwark of their independence, fear nuclear doom, and oppose to be pushed around by powerful countries.