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'''Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner''' ({{lang-ru|Владимир Александрович Познер}}; 24 October 1908 – 31 July 1975) was a [[ |
'''Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner''' ({{lang-ru|Владимир Александрович Познер}}; 24 October 1908 – 31 July 1975) was a [[Russian-Jewish]] [[émigré]] to the [[United States]]. During [[World War II]] he spied for [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] while he was employed by the [[US government]].<ref name=r1>Pavel Pozner (12 October 2014) [http://www.medved-magazine.ru/articles/Vladimir_Pozner_starshiy.2876.html Владимир Познер-старший]. ''Medved magazine''</ref> |
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Born in [[St. Petersburg]], the Pozner family fled [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] after the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], and Vladimir Pozner became a [[Communist]] sympathizer while living in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/30/arts/soviet-spokesman-on-american-tv.html |title= Soviet Spokesman on American TV |first= Philip |last= Taubman |date= 30 December 1985 |newspaper= The New York Times |accessdate= 14 May 2019}}</ref> Vladimir Pozner and his family moved to [[East Berlin]] and later to [[Moscow]] in the early 1950s. There he worked as a senior audio engineer for the Soviet film industry. He retired in 1968, and in 1969 suffered a heart attack. Pozner died on 31 July 1975 during a flight from Paris to Moscow.<ref name=r1/> |
Born in [[St. Petersburg]], the Pozner family fled [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] after the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], and Vladimir Pozner became a [[Communist]] sympathizer while living in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/30/arts/soviet-spokesman-on-american-tv.html |title= Soviet Spokesman on American TV |first= Philip |last= Taubman |date= 30 December 1985 |newspaper= The New York Times |accessdate= 14 May 2019}}</ref> Vladimir Pozner and his family moved to [[East Berlin]] and later to [[Moscow]] in the early 1950s. There he worked as a senior audio engineer for the Soviet film industry. He retired in 1968, and in 1969 suffered a heart attack. Pozner died on 31 July 1975 during a flight from Paris to Moscow.<ref name=r1/> |
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Vladimir Pozner Sr. | |
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| Born | 24 October 1908 |
| Died | 31 July 1975 (aged 66) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Audio engineer, spy |
| Relatives | Vladimir Pozner Jr. (son) Vladimir Pozner (writer) (cousin) |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner (Template:Lang-ru; 24 October 1908 – 31 July 1975) was a Russian-Jewish émigré to the United States. During World War II he spied for Soviet intelligence while he was employed by the US government.[1]
Born in St. Petersburg, the Pozner family fled Soviet Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and Vladimir Pozner became a Communist sympathizer while living in Europe.[2] Vladimir Pozner and his family moved to East Berlin and later to Moscow in the early 1950s. There he worked as a senior audio engineer for the Soviet film industry. He retired in 1968, and in 1969 suffered a heart attack. Pozner died on 31 July 1975 during a flight from Paris to Moscow.[1]
Vladimir Pozner's cover name as identified in the Venona project by NSA/FBI analysts was "Platon" or Plato in Russian. Pozner's son, Vladimir Pozner Jr., born in 1934, worked as a journalist and interpreter in the United States, Soviet Union and later in Russia.
References
- ^ a b Pavel Pozner (12 October 2014) Владимир Познер-старший. Medved magazine
- ^ Taubman, Philip (30 December 1985). "Soviet Spokesman on American TV". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
Venona
Pozner is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:
- 1131–1133 KGB New York to Moscow, 13 July 1943 [1]
- 1930 KGB New York to Moscow, 21 November 1943 [2]
External links
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, New Haven: Yale University Press, c1999, ISBN 0-300-07771-8. p. 233; 2000 (c1999), ISBN 9780300084627, with preview via Google books, p. 362.
- Website of son Vladimir Pozner (in Russian)