Michał Goleniewski | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1922 Nyasvizh, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 2 July 1993 (aged 70) New York, United States of America |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ministry of Public Security Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army 1st Department of Ministry of Interior CIA |
| Years of service | 1945–1961 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant colonel |
Michał Franciszek Goleniewski, also known as 'SNIPER' and 'LAVINIA' (16 August 1922 – 12 July 1993), was an officer in the Polish People's Republic's Ministry of Public Security, deputy head of military counterintelligence GZI WP, later head of the Polish Intelligence technical and scientific section, and in the 1950s a spy for the Soviet government.
In 1959 he became a "triple agent", giving Polish and Soviet secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency that directly exposed George Blake and Harry Houghton. In 1961 Goleniewski defected to the United States.
He later made unsubstantiated claims to be Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia.[1]
- ^ Massie, Robert K. (1995). The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. Random House. pp. 149–159.