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| − | [[Alfred Ulmer was a [[CIA]] officer. | + | [[Alfred Ulmer]] was a [[CIA]] officer. |
| − | Ulmer served as station chief in Athens | + | Ulmer was a Florida newspaper correspondent and advertising executive before joining the [[Office of Strategic Services]] where he served in Italy, heading an Austria-Germany section of the Secret Intelligence Branch.<ref name="OSS224">R. Harris Smith, ''OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency'', University of California Press, 1972, p.224.</ref> |
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| + | After the disbandment of the OSS, Ulmer remained in Austria as part of the [[Strategic Services Unit]].<ref name="OSS364">R. Harris Smith, ''OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency'', University of California Press, 1972, p.364.</ref> | ||
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| + | Ulmer served as [[CIA]] station chief in Athens from 1953 to 1955, where he made the acquaintance of shipping magnate [[Stavros Niarchos]].<ref name="OSS224">R. Harris Smith, ''OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency'', University of California Press, 1972, p.224.</ref> | ||
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| + | He subsequently became head of the [[CIA Far East Division|Far East Division]] in the 1950s.<ref>Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.167.</ref> | ||
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| + | Ulmer left the CIA in 1962 to direct Niarchos' company in London.<ref name="OSS224">R. Harris Smith, ''OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency'', University of California Press, 1972, p.224.</ref> | ||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:45, 2 December 2012
Alfred Ulmer was a CIA officer.
Ulmer was a Florida newspaper correspondent and advertising executive before joining the Office of Strategic Services where he served in Italy, heading an Austria-Germany section of the Secret Intelligence Branch.[1]
After the disbandment of the OSS, Ulmer remained in Austria as part of the Strategic Services Unit.[2]
Ulmer served as CIA station chief in Athens from 1953 to 1955, where he made the acquaintance of shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos.[1]
He subsequently became head of the Far East Division in the 1950s.[3]
Ulmer left the CIA in 1962 to direct Niarchos' company in London.[1]
External Resources
- NameBase ULMER ALFRED CONRAD JR
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency, University of California Press, 1972, p.224.
- ↑ R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency, University of California Press, 1972, p.364.
- ↑ Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.167.
