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unusual facts about Gehlen


Gehlen

Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979), German WW II general and first director, Bundesnachrichtendienst


Peter L. Berger

Zijderveld expands and discusses even further Berger's handling on such issues in relationship to classical figures such as Marx, Weber, Pareto, and Gehlen.

Reinhard Gehlen

When the Iron Curtain descended in 1946, leaving the Western Allies with virtually no intelligence sources in Eastern Europe, Gehlen’s vast store of knowledge made him very valuable.

The Gehlen Organization was eventually compromised by East German moles within itself and by communists and their sympathizers within the CIA and the British SIS (MI6), particularly Kim Philby.


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