Karel Koecher | The Swinging Spies

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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 - https://amzn.to/48lSntR 📕 Spy VS. Spy, Ronald Kessler - https://amzn.to/42FEYvH Further reading/viewing: 🌐 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/30/how-a-czech-super-spy-infiltrated-cia-karel-koecher 🌐 Betrayed! A Stranger in a Strange Land, https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/285639/s01-e02-karl-koecher-stranger-in-a-strange-landhttps://archive.org/details/territoryofliese0000blit_g3r0/page/350/mode/2up #philipthompson #truelifespystories #karelkoecher