Ryszard Kukliński
Polish colonel and spy (1930–2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with American murderer Richard Kuklinski.
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.[1]
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Birth name | Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński |
Born | (1930-06-13)June 13, 1930 Warsaw, Poland |
Died | February 11, 2004(2004-02-11) (aged 73) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
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Service/ | Polish People's Army |
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Between 1972 and 1981 Kukliński passed top-secret Soviet documents to the CIA, including Soviet plans for the invasion of Western Europe.[2]
Former United States National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzeziński described him as "the first Polish officer in NATO."[3]