Matt Cvetic
Slovenian-American anti-communist FBI informant (1909–1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matthew Cvetic (March 4, 1909 – July 26, 1962) was a Pittsburgh native who was a spy and informant working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation inside the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) during the 1940s. He told his story in a series in the Saturday Evening Post, and his experiences were then fictionalized in the old time radio show I Was a Communist for the FBI, adapted for a Warner Brothers motion picture in 1951. He testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s.
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Matthew 'Matt' Cvetic | |
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Born | (1909-03-04)March 4, 1909 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 26, 1962(1962-07-26) (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | FBI Counterspy |
Years active | 1941–1950 |
Known for | I Was a Communist for the FBI, anti-communist activities |
Children | 2 |
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