Henry Strasak
Henry Strasak | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henry Jindrich Strasak January 8, 1901 Rock Island, Illinois, United States |
| Died | May 16, 1985 (aged 84) |
| Employer(s) | Central Intelligence Agency United States Department of War Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of State |
| Spouse | Francis (Franziska) Winkler |
| Children | Sydney Georgina |
| Parent(s) | Jan Strasak Karoline, née Förster |
Henry Jindrich Strasak (January 8, 1901 – May 16, 1985) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer.
Early life
Henry Strasak was born in
Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, reporting directly to Allen Dulles, an OSS station chief in Bern, Switzerland
.
CIA career
After the war in Europe, Strasak resigned from the FBI and joined the
Directorate for Plans
and acting as an advisor to several CIA directors, including Dulles, McCone and Helms. However, very little is known about his career in the CIA and his later life. It is believed that Henry Strasak died on May 16, 1985.
Notes
- In 1939, Strasak married Francis (Franziska) Winkler with whom he had two daughters.
- Strasak spoke fluently English, German, Czech, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Slovak and Polish.
References
- Richard M. Bissell Jr., with Jonathan E. Lewis and Frances T. Pudlo. Reflections of a Cold Warrior: From Yalta to the Bay of Pigs (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996). ISBN 978-0-300-06430-8 [1]
- Phil Taubman. Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America’s Space Espionage (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003). ISBN 0-684-85699-9