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Thomas Polgar
CIA officer (1922–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Polgar (July 24, 1922 – March 22, 2014) was an American CIA officer who served as the Saigon, South Vietnam station chief from January 1972 until the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.
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![]() Polgar (right) takes command of the CIA station in Saigon, January 1972. At left is former Station Chief Theodore Shackley, in the middle is General Creighton Abrams, head of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) | |
Born | (1922-07-24)July 24, 1922 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
Died | March 22, 2014(2014-03-22) (aged 91) Winter Park, Florida |
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Unit | Office of Strategic Services |
Known for | CIA station chief at the United States Embassy, Saigon |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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