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'''Charles Flato''' also '''Charles Floto''' (May 27, 1908 - January 1, 1984) was a writer, [[American Communist Party]] member and a Soviet agent.
'''Charles Flato''' also '''Charles Floto''' (May 27, 1908 - January 1, 1984) was a writer, [[American Communist Party]] member and a Soviet agent.
Flato was employed by the United States government and spied for the Soviet intelligence during [[World War II]]. He married [[Lucy Burman]] also a Communist Party member.
Flato suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback. He was forced to walk with a cane. He had a younger brother who served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Chales Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref>
He was employed by the United States government and spied for the Soviet intelligence during [[World War II]]. He married [[Lucy Burman]] also a Communist Party member.
From 1937 to 1941 Flato worked as an investigator and report writer for the [[Senate Subcommittee on Civil Liberties]] of the Labor Committee. He also served under [[Nelson Rockefeller]] in the Latin American division of the [[Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]] during [[World War II]]. Flato worked in the Blockade and Supply Branch of the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] (BEW), the Senate Committee on Education and Labor chaired by Senator [[Robert M. La Follette, Jr.]], and the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].
From 1937 to 1941 Flato worked as an investigator and report writer for the [[Senate Subcommittee on Civil Liberties]] of the Labor Committee. He also served under [[Nelson Rockefeller]] in the Latin American division of the [[Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]] during [[World War II]]. Flato worked in the Blockade and Supply Branch of the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] (BEW), the Senate Committee on Education and Labor chaired by Senator [[Robert M. La Follette, Jr.]], and the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].