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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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"I Was a Communist for the Fbi": The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic

"I Was a Communist for the Fbi": The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic

Leab, Daniel J.

Paperback

Political Biographies20th Century United States HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0271028122
ISBN13: 9780271028125
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Nov 10 2000
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Who is Matt Cvetic? Hero? Scoundrel? Mole? The man who loosely provided the inspiration for the B-Grade cult movie I Was a Communist for the FBI had a life that was marred by alcoholism, damaged expectations, and greed.

Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. He became one of many plants in the Party during that decade and gained the nickname Pennsylvania's most significant mole. However, because of his erratic behavior, the FBI fired him in 1950, at which time he surfaced and suddenly became a celebrity through his testimony before the HUAC hearing. Journalist Richard Rovere described Cvetic as a kept witness, a term that fits those who made a business of being witnesses, thereby befouling due process.

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