In This Review In This Review Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions In the fall of 1952, two young CIA officers boarded an unmarked C-47 plane in Korea, bound for enemy territory in Manchuria, in northern China.