Stanisław Flato, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stanisław Flato

POlish INtelligence officer

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1910

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1972

Profession: diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Stanisław Flato

  • Stanislaw (Moishe) Flato (27 June 1910 – 1972) was a Polish army intelligence officer and diplomat. Born into a Jewish family, he graduated from gymnasium "Ascola" in Warsaw and entered the Warsaw University but finally left for a medical study in Paris.
  • He became a member of French Communist Party in 1932.
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  • Flato was a volunteer in Spanish Civil War, became a member of Spanish Communist Party and served as a Major in XIII International Brigade, where he remained until February 1939.
  • He was interned in France but that year he was released and went to China in August 1939.
  • He became a member of Communist Party of China, and served as a head of International Red Cross doctors at People's Liberation Army. After World War II, he returned to Poland in September 1945.
  • He became a member of Polish Workers' Party, and Polish United Workers' Party.
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  • Flato worked in the Polish General Staff from 1946 to 1952.
  • Then he was arrested (1953-1954).
  • After political rehabilitation, he served as a Chief Adviser at the Polish Ambassy in Beijing in 1957-1964, and deputy director at the Department for Asia in Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Poland.
  • After 1968 Polish political crisis, he was forced to retire, but not allowed to emigrate from Poland.
  • He died in East Berlin during a trip in 1972.

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