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[[Reinhard Gehlen]] was a German General who served as chief of Foreign Armies East (Russian Theater G-2) from early 1942 until the end of the World War Two. After the war, his intelligence network, the [[Gehlen Organisation]], was retained by the [[US Army]], and subsequently the [[CIA]]. it subsequently formed the core of Germany's postwar intelligence organisation, the [[BND]], which he headed until 1968.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol16no3/html/v16i3a06p_0001.htm The Service: The Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen by Reinhard Gehlen. Book review by Anonymous], Studies in Intelligence, CIA, released 2 July 1996.</ref> | [[Reinhard Gehlen]] was a German General who served as chief of Foreign Armies East (Russian Theater G-2) from early 1942 until the end of the World War Two. After the war, his intelligence network, the [[Gehlen Organisation]], was retained by the [[US Army]], and subsequently the [[CIA]]. it subsequently formed the core of Germany's postwar intelligence organisation, the [[BND]], which he headed until 1968.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol16no3/html/v16i3a06p_0001.htm The Service: The Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen by Reinhard Gehlen. Book review by Anonymous], Studies in Intelligence, CIA, released 2 July 1996.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:53, 15 June 2013
Reinhard Gehlen was a German General who served as chief of Foreign Armies East (Russian Theater G-2) from early 1942 until the end of the World War Two. After the war, his intelligence network, the Gehlen Organisation, was retained by the US Army, and subsequently the CIA. it subsequently formed the core of Germany's postwar intelligence organisation, the BND, which he headed until 1968.[1]
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- ↑ The Service: The Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen by Reinhard Gehlen. Book review by Anonymous, Studies in Intelligence, CIA, released 2 July 1996.
