Hugh Francis Redmond

A former World War II paratrooper and native of Yonkers, New York, Hugh Francis Redmond later worked for the CIA. He was in Shanghai disguised as an ice cream machine salesman from 1946 to 1951, returning intelligence information on the Communists. [>cite book
last = Allen
first = Maury
authorlink = Maury Allen
title = China Spy: The Story of Hugh Francis Redmond
publisher = Allen Enterprises
series =
year = 1998
doi =
isbn = 0966332202]

As he was boarding a ship to San Francisco to return to the United States, he was captured and imprisoned. Held for almost twenty years in a prisoner camp, he was severely tortured [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6905579] , but never admitted his connection to the CIA. In 1970, he died; the Chinese claim he slit his wrists on 13 April 1970. The Chinese cremated his remains and they were returned to the United States. Redmond was buried in Yonker's Oakland Cemetery on August 3, 1970 [cite book
last = Gup
first = Ted
authorlink = Ted Gup
title = The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA
publisher =
series =
year = 2000
doi =
isbn = 0385492936] . Considerable mystery still surrounds whether or not he was murdered during his imprisonment.

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