spying Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/spying/ Cold War Radio History Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:03:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-CWRM-Mic2022-32x32.jpg spying Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/spying/ 32 32 Communist secret police in Poland spied on Voice of America’s Willis Conover to shut down Radio Free Europe https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/communist-secret-police-in-poland-spied-on-voice-of-americas-willis-conover-to-shut-down-radio-free-europe/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/communist-secret-police-in-poland-spied-on-voice-of-americas-willis-conover-to-shut-down-radio-free-europe/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:24:31 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23426 One of the secret police informants spying on the Voice of America’s (VOA’s) famous jazz DJ Willis Conover during his visit to communist-ruled Poland in 1959 was the mother of Rafał Trzaskowski, the unsuccessful candidate for Poland’s presidency in 2020 and 2025. Trzaskowski’s late mother’s cooperation with the communist secret police, which also involved spying […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/soviet-spy-uncovered-through-venona-project-worked-at-voice-of-america-library/feed/ 0 Mira Złotowska – Michałowska – was she VOA’s communist ‘Mata Hari’? https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/mira-zlotowska-michalowska-was-she-voas-communist-mata-hari/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/mira-zlotowska-michalowska-was-she-voas-communist-mata-hari/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:32:42 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=7980 By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during World War II – documents and analysis Soviet influence at WWII Voice of America From VOA to communist regime journalist Choices of VOA’s pro-Soviet journalist VOA journalist marries Communists A pro-Soviet propagandist at OWI and VOA VOA communist partner Stefan […]

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