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Köcher, Karel, 1934-

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingKöcher, Karel, 1934-
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Variant(s)Koecher, Karel, 1934-
Koecher, Karel František, 1934-
Koecher, Karl F., 1934-
Associated countryCzechoslovakia
United States
Birth date1934-09-21
Place of birthBratislava (Slovakia)
AffiliationWagner College
State University of New York at Old Westbury
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Profession or occupationSpies Journalists Editors College teachers
Found inČeský krtek v CIA, Praha : t.p. (... Karla Köchera)
Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2016 (Karel František Koecher (21 September 1934 in Bratislava) is a mole known to have penetrated the CIA)
People who meet, meet again, 2022: title page (Karel Köcher) page 233 (born 21 September 1934 in Bratislava; journalist, editor for radio and television, university teacher, intelligence officer; lived in the United States from 1965 to 1986; taught philosophy at Wagner College (1969-1972) and at New York State University in Old Westbury (1981-1983); operated as a spy for the Czechoslovak government and infiltrated the CIA as a translator and analyst, 1972-1976; arrested and imprisoned for espionage, 1984-1986; exchanged for Natan Sharansky in 1986; worked as a specialist in the Prognostický ústav ČSAV, 1987-1990; variant forms of name: Karl F. Koecher; Karel Koecher)
Associated languagecze