The Saga of the Swinging Spies | True Life Spy Stories

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Karel and Hana Koecher arrived on American shores in December 1965. The Czechoslovakian nationals had fled to America to start a new life. As Soviet emigres, they set out to live the American dream. For Karel, this was by climbing the ranks of academia. For Hana, it was a lucrative career in the diamond trade. Both had become naturalised US citizens.
But all this was a smokescreen. Karel was in fact a sleeper agent deployed by Czechoslovakian intelligence to spy on the United States. He achieved what no other before him had managed - to infiltrate the CIA as an illegal Soviet spy.
This is the story of Karel and Hana Koecher, the last of the Cold War super spies.
Primary sources (afiiliate links):
📕 The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man, Benjamin Cunningham - amzn.to/48lSntR
📕 Spy VS. Spy, Ronald Kessler - amzn.to/42FEYvH
Further reading/viewing:
🌐 www.theguardia...
🌐 Betrayed! A Stranger in a Strange Land, tubitv.com/tv-...
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