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Morris Cohen (Russian: Моррис Генрихович Коэн, Morris Genrikhovich Koen; July 2, 1910 – June 23, 1995), also known by his alias Peter Kroger, was an American convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union. His wife Lona was also an agent. [2] They became spies because of their communist beliefs.
The agents’ true names were Morris and Lona Cohen, but nobody in the UK knew that. Soon, they were used in an exchange for Gerald Brooke, who was convicted in the USSR for spying for the UK.
This time, Lona/Helen and Morris/Peter stewed in prison for eight years but a spy swap with Moscow ensured their release before the end of their 25-year sentences and lay the groundwork for the next chapter in the Cohens’ jet-setting spy life.
Jul 5, 1995 · Morris Cohen, an American who spied for the Soviet Union and was instrumental in relaying atomic bomb secrets to the Kremlin in the 1940's, has died, Russian newspapers reported today.
Morris Cohen, also known by his alias Peter Kroger, was an American convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union. His wife Lona was also an agent. They became spies because of their communist beliefs.
Interview with Morris Cohen aka Peter J. Kroger American KGB Spy Interviewed by the KGB . Cohen: We met Ben at first in the Dacha, on the outskirts of Moscow. My wife and I met him together,...
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Jun 28, 1995 · Fulfilling his last wish, exiled American spy Morris Cohen went to his grave Tuesday without unmasking a U.S. scientist he had said leaked atomic bomb blueprints to the Soviets in 1945.
