Jonas Kukauskas-“Balandis“
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Before the recruitment "April" from 1944 November to 1945 In April 2004 he was trained at a German intelligence school. It was not possible to finish school because fascist Germany was defeated. On April 19, 1951, the emissary of the "Supreme Lithuanian Liberation Committee" ("VLIK"), an American intelligence spy "Gardenis", was illegally parachuted from West Germany to Soviet Lithuania. He was parachuted in the territory of Kazlų Rūda district, hiding in a gang operating in that district for about a month. The Americans received the task of collecting and reporting information on the general situation in Lithuania, in particular deportations of Lithuanians, as well as military-intelligence information, the number of airports and airplanes, radar systems, troop movements, etc. On May 22, 1951 he was captured and renamed "April". A radio game was launched on his behalf, which has long misinformed American intelligence and VLIK commanders. With his help, the VLIK emissary and the American spy Skirmantas were liquidated. 1957 - 1959 The agent was actively used in the means of compromising VLIK and exposing malicious imperialist intelligence against the Lithuanian SSR. The work of the April agent can be used for training purposes.
Other information: According to Jonas Kukauskas criminal case, he was convicted in 1943. While living in Vilnius, he joined the Unified Fight organization. 1944 withdrew to Germany as the front approached. He was recruited to an intelligence school, but he could not finish his studies because the war was over. He settled in Frankfurt am Main, where he established contact with French intelligence. These were delegated to an intelligence school. He was studying under the name of Jan Kaufman. 1950 In 1919, he was assigned to study with the US Intelligence, was sent to study at the Radist-paratroopers' school (so-called Soviet security guards). Here he had to collect and transmit information on the situation in Lithuania, to collect military intelligence. A month later, Soviet security was arrested and overrated, alias. Balandis ("April"). He was used in radio games with Western reconnaissance, and also betrayed fellow buddies, including Juozas Luksa - Skirmantas. This 1951 was killed in an ambush in September. June 6, 1956 Jonas Kukauskas was released from punishment by the USSR AT Presidium.