Jan Šejna

Jan Šejna   (officer, defector)
Born	12 May 1927 Czechoslovakia
Died	23 August 1997 (Age 70) New York City
Cause of death	heart_attack
Nationality	Czechoslovak
The second highest-ranked officer to ever defect to the West from the Eastern Bloc.

Jan Šejna was, in the time of communist Czechoslovakia, a Major General of the Czechoslovak Army. After losing political power and influence at the beginning of the Prague Spring, he sought refuge in the US consulate in Trieste and defected to the United States. He is the second highest-ranked officer to ever defect to the West from the Eastern Bloc.

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