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"I am ready for anything to have the opportunity to live in a free and democratic country". History of escape of Capitan Stanisław Szymonik, crypographer of the Permanent Representative of People's Republic of Poland to the United Nations in New York
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(14) (2016), pages: 313-362
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
Article presents events which led Captain Stanisław Szymonik, security service officer working at the Permanent Representation of the People’s Republic of Poland to the UN, to join in 1964 US counterintelligence. Szymonik’s descent deserves approximation not only because he had no prior place in literature of the subject but also its worth a note because of the special character of tasks performed by him and his knowledge of a number of officers of the communist security apparatus and their working methods. The scale of loses was reflected in convicting the officer to the death penalty.
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Security Service • UN • New York Służba Bezpieczeństwa • ONZ • Nowy Jork
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