Gehlen: Spy of the Century

461 Pages·1971·33.986 MB·English

by  E.H. Cookridge

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It is no exaggeration to state that Reinhard Gehlen
is perhaps as responsible as any man living for
shaping the dramatic and often clandestine events
of the Cold War, for he has had a hand in almost
every international intrigue over the past twenty­
five years.
At the beginning of World War II he was an ob­
scure officer in the Wehrmacht. By its end he had
risen to become one of Hitler's chief intelligence
officers, in sole charge of espionage and counter­
espionage against the Soviet Union. Then, in 1945,
he brought off his gr·eatest coup, placing at the dis­
posal of the United States his unrivaled experience
and unique archives covering every aspect of the
Soviet Union and her satellites.
In return, the CIA placed him in charge of the
"Gehlen Organization." His headquarters was an
impenetrable "fortress" at Pullach in Bavaria-re­
portedly financed at $200,000,000-and it soon grew
to be the most powerful and best-equipped espio­
nage establishment in Western Europe. Eventually
his organization became the official Secret Service
of the West German state.
More than a fascinatingly detailed biography of a
unique and significant man, Geh/en: Spy of the Cen­
tury is an impressively documented and dramatized
account of virtually the whole spectrum of espio­
nage activities during the Cold War (see back of
jacket for some of the highlights of Gehlen's career).
(continued on back flap)
With eighty-seven illustrations, some never be­
fore published, and au nique glossary of terms.
Ciehlen
SPYO FT HEC ENTURY
By the same author
SECRETS OF THE BRITISH SECRET SER VICE
SOVIET SPY NET
THE NET THAT COVERS Tl-IE WORLD
SISTERS OF DELILAH
TRAITOR BETRA YEO
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INSIDE S.O.E.
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GEORGE BLAKE-DOUBLE AGENT
SPY TRADE
To br publislud by Hodderand Stoughton in 1972:
BRITISH SECRET SERVICE
SPYO FT HEC ENTURY
BY E. H. COOKRIDGE
RANDOM HOUSE
NEW YORK
Copyright© 1971 by European Copyright Colllpany Limited
All rights reserved under Jntemational a11d Pan-A111erica11 Copyright
Conventions. Published in tlze United States by Random House, Inc.,
New York, and si//1u ltaneo11sly i11 Canada by Ra11do111 House of Canada
Limited, Toronto. Originally published in Great Britain by
Hodder a11d Stoughton Limited, Lo11don.
ISBN: 0-394-47313-2
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 71-159385
Manufactured i11 the United States of America
by Halliday Lithographers, West Hanover, Mass.
98765432
First A 111erica11 Edition J 972
Contents
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Glossary
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ChapIt er SPYO FT HEC ENTURY 1
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ChapItIe r NEVEGRI VUEP 12
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ChapItIeIr A WELCOMFEO RT HEF UHRER 28
Att heW arA cade-myM eetiBnrgi tish
Gener-aPllsa nntihWneag r
ChapItVe r THER USSIAENX PERT 39
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Liebrt aoi n - Geheln TakeOsv e-rT he
AcquisoifVt liaosns ov
ChapVt er CHIEOFF I NTELLIGENCE 59
TheA rchi-vWeosr kiAngga itnhsUetS A
-TheF lodo ofR epo-rTthse C onspir­
aotrs
ChapVtIe r STALISNE'CSR ETS
72
SoveitC ommissaBe rc ocms Agent
438- Stlanigard- Geheln Discovers
SMERS-HT heR adiGoa m-eG ehlen's
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V
Chapter Vll THE WEREWOLVES 90
Hitler's Wrath - Gehlen and the Were­
wolves - Co-operating with Himmler and
Schellenberg
Chapter VIII FAREWELL TO HITLER
102
Prep a ring the R-Net -J agdkommando
Scherhorn - Last Meeting with Hitler -
The Pact of Bad Elster
Chapter IX SURRENDER AT MISERY MEADOW
115
Looking for the Americans -Prisoner in
the "Cage" - Geh�en Meets His Match -
The Russians Search for Gehlen
Chapter X THE DEAL WITH THE AMERICANS
126
Roosevelt's Great Scheme Misfires - The
Corpse is Picked· - The Tug-of-War for
Gehlen - Gehlen's Conditions - Baun's
Rival Secret Service - First Soviet Networks
in Germany - The Coming of CIA
Chapter XI ORGANISATION GEHLEN
142
Generals Serve Under Gehlen - Baun's
White Army - British and French Competi­
tion - The First Infiltrations - The New
CIA
Chapter XII PULLACH
155
The Venetian Blind Business - Operation
Hermes - The "Quellen" System
Chapter XIII V-MEN
168
A Gehlen Agent as Party Boss - "Opera­
tion Pfifficus" - Who Knows Whom? -
The Spies Who Counted the Trains
Chapter XIV OPERATION BOHEMIA
184
The Restaurant Car Waiter - The Spy Who
Guarded a US Army Camp - Sexual Black­
mail - The Microfilm Missioner-The In­
trepid Polish Colonel
vi
Chapter XV WAR OF THE RADIO WAVES
199
Gehlen Gets a Powerful Ally - Radio Free
Europe - First Link with Aerial Intelli­
gence - Berlin Uprising Directed by Radio
- "Operation Juno"
Chapter XVI THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE
216
The Great Ship Saboteur - Wollweber
Becomes Britain's Ally - Gehlen Warns
Britain - Brutus - Betrayed Cabinet
Secrets - Gehlen's Search for Bormann
Chapter XVII BY PARACHUTE INTO RUSSIA
237
The Advent of Allen Dulles - CIA's Private
Army - NTS- "We Bring Death to
Tyr an ts!" -The First Parachutists-Soviet
Agent Gets Free Return Ticket
Chapter XVIII BRITISH BOATS FOR
GEHLEN'S INFILTRATORS
253
Gehlen Vies With the British for the Balts
- Boats Sail From Portsmouth - Gehl en
Pays a Debt to Britain
Chapter XIX THE TELEPHONE SLUICES
265
Troll, The Thriller Writer - Ministry for
State Security - SS Men as Loyal Com­
rades - Telephone Sluices Ahoy! - A Man
of Many Parts - The Telephone Tunnel -
George Blake's Betrayal
Chapter XX PRESIDENT GEHLEN
287
A mt Blank - The Man Gehle n Despised -
The John A ffa ir - Reorganisation -
Gehlen' s NATO Aspirations -
Khrushchev's Denunciation of Stalin - The
Hungarian Revolt - Spying on the Allies
Chapter XXI THE MAN WITHOUT A PRIVATE LIFE 307
A Gift From the CIA -Milk of Human
Kindness - The Innocent Film Star -
"This Spooky Nazi Outfit!" - Buckets of
Whitewash
vii
Chapter XXII DOUBLE AGENT INPULLACH 320
Old Nazis Just Fade Away - Double Agent
at Source - The Atomic Expert -
Operation Waxworks
Chapter XXIII ARREST GEHLEN! 335
The Cyanic Acid Murders - "Gehlen
Ordered the Murders" - Messages to the
KGB from Prison - Arrest Gehlen!
Chapter XXIV GLOBAL ALIGNMENT 348
Friend of Egypt and Israel - The Pseudo­
Officer of Rommel's Army - For and
Against de Gaulle -�The Last Exploit
Notes 366
Documentation and Select Bibliography 384
Index 395
Map of Allied Zones of occupation in 1945 141
Diagram of one of Gehlen's networks 167
Agent's data sheet from the Pullach Archives 229
The Berlin telecommunications tunnel 283
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