Jonas Pleškys
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Jonas Pleškys (b. 19??, Lithuania - d. April 27, 1993, California) was a Soviet Navy submarine captain from Lithuania.
He sailed his vessel from Klaipėda to Gotland in Sweden, not the planned destination of Tallinn. The Soviet authorities sentenced him in his absence to death by firing squad, but the CIA hid him, first in Guatemala and later in the United States.
It is believed that this incident inspired Tom Clancy, the author of The Hunt for Red October.
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[edit] Literature
Boyle, Marion (2005). Search For Freedom: The Man From Red October. Klaipėda: Eglės leidykla. ISBN 9955-542-21-7.
