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Flato is mentioned in [[Venona]] transcript #588 of April 29, 1944. Flato's complicity in espionage was corroborated by information exhumed from the NKVD archives in the 1990s.  He was also a member of the “Sound” and “Myrna” groups. His codename in the Gorsky memo is "Bob".<ref>Alexander Vassiliev's original Russian hand-written notes titled [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html#_ftnref48 "A.Gorsky's Report to S.R. Savchenko, 23 December 1949"].</ref> In another Venona transcript, he is believed to be codename "Char".

Flato is mentioned in [[Venona]] transcript #588 of April 29, 1944. Flato's complicity in espionage was corroborated by information exhumed from the NKVD archives in the 1990s.  He was also a member of the “Sound” and “Myrna” groups. His codename in the Gorsky memo is "Bob".<ref>Alexander Vassiliev's original Russian hand-written notes titled [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html#_ftnref48 "A.Gorsky's Report to S.R. Savchenko, 23 December 1949"].</ref> In another Venona transcript, he is believed to be codename "Char".

He became a literary scout for the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1944<ref>[http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00239 Houghton Mifflin Company Contracts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.]</ref> and resigned from the government and moved to San Fransico in about mid July 1945.

He became a literary scout for the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1944.<ref>[http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00239 Houghton Mifflin Company Contracts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.]</ref> Flato was one of the names on a document produced by Alexander Vassilievof of Soviet agents. The list was dated March 15, 1945. [[Victor Perlo]] is said to have been the source of the information.<ref>[http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/perloslist.html The Alger Hiss Story]</ref> He resigned from the government and moved to San Fransico in about mid July 1945.

 

Flato was one of the names on a document produced by Alexander Vassilievof of Soviet agents. The list was dated March 15, 1945. [[Victor Perlo]] is said to have been the source of the information.<ref>[http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/perloslist.html The Alger Hiss Story]</ref>

Sometime in the 1950's he and his wife divorced. By 1957, Flato lived alone in a cottage he had designed and built by the architect Serge Chermoayeff. He lived near a beach on Cape Cod and worked as a freelance writer throughout the 60's and 70's. In 1957 he was the editor of the ''Complete Home Improvement Handbook''. ''The Golden Book of the Civil War'' was a children's book adapted by Flato and published in 1961. He is known to have used at least one ghost writer in the form of a friend for an article printed in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on October 6, 1962.<ref>Saturday Evening Post, ''Parents Who Beat Children'', Charles Flato, October 6, 1962, Vol. 235, No. 35.</ref>   

Sometime in the 1950's he and his wife divorced. By 1957, Flato lived alone in a cottage he had designed and built by the architect Serge Chermoayeff. He lived near a beach on Cape Cod and worked as a freelance writer throughout the 60's and 70's. In 1957 he was the editor of the ''Complete Home Improvement Handbook''. ''The Golden Book of the Civil War'' was a children's book adapted by Flato and published in 1961. He is known to have used at least one ghost writer in the form of a friend for an article printed in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on October 6, 1962.<ref>Saturday Evening Post, ''Parents Who Beat Children'', Charles Flato, October 6, 1962, Vol. 235, No. 35.</ref>   

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.  

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.<ref>Washington Post, Charles Flato Obituary, January 2, 1984.</ref> <ref>Chicago Tribune, Charles Flato Obituary, January 4, 1984.</ref> <ref>United States Social Security Death Index

Flato died of kidney failure in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1984.<ref>Washington Post, Charles Flato Obituary, January 2, 1984.</ref> <ref>Chicago Tribune, Charles Flato Obituary, January 4, 1984.</ref> <ref>United States Social Security Death Index</ref> 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.

</ref> 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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