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Flato suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him 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>

Flato suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him 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>

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 was employed by the United States government and spied for 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]].  

After Peking resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, Flato wrote a six-part report on health care in China. The Chinese Medical Association invited him to travel through the country as their guest.

After Peking resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, Flato wrote a six-part report on health care in China. The Chinese Medical Association invited him to travel through the country as their guest.

Flato was one of the co-founders of the Medical Pharmaceutical Information Bureau, and wrote and edited for the publication ''Hospital Practice''. He was known to have also written scripts for medical documentaries.  Only after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] when the files of the KGB became open to researchers was it discovered that he was spying for the Soviets in the 1940's.

Flato was one of the co-founders of the Medical Pharmaceutical Information Bureau, and wrote and edited for the publication ''Hospital Practice''. He was known to have also written scripts for medical documentaries.  

Flato died of kidney failure in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1984. It was only after the fall of the Soviet Union when the files of the KGB became open to researchers was it discovered that he was spying for the Soviets in the 1940s.

Flato died of kidney failure in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1984. Only after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] when the files of the KGB became open to researchers was it discovered that he was spying for the Soviets in the 1940's.

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