and seriously disrupt the American economy, the working and the lower middle classes will suffer the consequences and they will turn on the society that has failed them. They will be ready for revolution." He provided a lot of interesting facts about the Communist power system and its protagonists. However, he also fabricated some mere speculations. Along with the information he provided concerning covert Soviet strategy, he also gave the West an otherwise shrouded picture of political strife and reform in the Communist state of Czechoslovakia. Speculations (some of them) by Šejna Czechoslovaks participated in human experiments on US POWs in North Korea in the early 1950s (see also section Speculations about medical experiments on POWs in the Ludvík Souček entry) by others He died "under suspicious circumstances" See also List of Eastern Bloc defectors References [Robert Buchar]: "And Reality Be Damned: What media didn't tell you about the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism in Europe", Eloquent Book, USA, 2010 (pg.67 -81) Hruby, Peter: Fools and Heroes: The Changing Role of Communist Intellectuals in Czechoslovakia, Peramom Press (Aust.), Potts Point, Australia, 1980 (pg. 171) Bradley, J.F.N.: Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945–1971, University Press of America, Washington, D.C., 1989 (pg. 122) Skoug, Kenneth: Czechoslovakia's Lost Fight for Freedom 1967–1969: An American Embassy Perspective, Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 1999 (pg. 55) Randal, Jonathan: Czech General Who Fled to U.S. Is Linked to Plot to Aid Novotný, New York Times, New York, NY,: 7 March 1968 (pg. 2) Memorandum of Conservation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. 21 March 1968 Estrada, Louie: Gen. Jan Sejna, Czech Defector, Dies, The Washington Post, Washington D.C.: 27 August 1997 Sejna, Jan: We Will Bury You, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, England,1982 (pg. 154) Unna, Warren: Key Czech General Asks U.S. Asylum, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: 7 March 1968 (pg. A1) Quotes Šejna should be judged as a prototype of an opportunist and a schemer brought up by the Communist party.–Jan Kalous: General Šejna – An Object of Interest of the Military Counter-Intelligence (English summary) External links Milan Macák: Questions About Šejna, Military Intelligence of the Czech Republic Jan Kalous: Generál Jan Šejna – předmět zájmu vojenské kontrarozvědky (in Czech, General Šejna – An Object of Interest of the Military Counter-Intelligence) 1927 births 1997 deaths American people of Czech descent Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States