Vladimir Pozner Sr.
Russian-Jewish émigré to the US (1908–1975)
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner (Russian: Владимир Александрович Познер; 24 October 1908 – 31 July 1975) was a Russian-Jewish émigré to the United States. During World War II, he spied for Soviet intelligence while he was employed by the US government.[1]
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| Born | 24 October 1908 |
| Died | 31 July 1975 (aged 66) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupations | Audio engineer, spy |
| Children | 2, including Vladimir |
| Relatives | Vladimir Pozner (writer) (cousin) Victoria Mercanton (younger sister) |
Pozner was born in St. Petersburg. His family fled Soviet Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and Vladimir Pozner became a Communist sympathizer while living in Europe.[2] Vladimir Pozner and his family moved to East Berlin and later to Moscow in the early 1950s. There he worked as a senior audio engineer for the Soviet film industry.
His sister, Victoria Mercanton, was an in-demand film editor based in France. He retired in 1968, and in 1969 suffered a heart attack. Pozner died on 31 July 1975 during a flight from Paris to Moscow.[1]
Vladimir Pozner's cover name as identified in the Venona project by NSA/FBI analysts was "Platon" or Plato in Russian. Pozner's son, Vladimir Pozner Jr., born in 1934, worked as a journalist and interpreter in the United States, Soviet Union and later in Russia.