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From: Bob Necci & Carol Hrdlicka, Andi Wolos
(POW-MIA FaxNetwork)

Re: Jan Sejna Passes

Date: August 27, 1997

Jan Sejna, the highest ranking Czechoslovakian official to defect, passed on the 24th at the age of 70.

Sejna, after his defection in 1968, went to work for US intelligence agencies such as the CIA and DIA, where he used his in-depth understanding and knowledge of the Communist Party and Soviet satellite-countries.

Last year, Sejna created a major flap with his testimony on Soviet programs involving US POWs from the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was associated at times with Dr. Joseph Douglass who also testified about third-party nations accessing US POWs, as did Colonel Philip Corso.

After his testimony, and throughout his career, Sejna experienced character assassination and harassment by those who wanted to debunk his statements and exposes. With his passing, a wealth of intelligence and information passes from us. May he finally find peace.

Miltary Personnel Subcommittee - Sejna Testimony