Len Deighton says that Gehlen's agents in the USSR never missed receiving a payment when US intel took control of Amt 5 with the fall of the Third Reich.
Len Deighton says that Gehlen’s agents in the USSR never missed receiving a payment when US intel took control of Amt 5 with the fall of the Third Reich.
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When we were reading and researching operation paperclip. I read that USA kept the German Intel on Russia as is. Totally independent of USA oversight-all they were supposed to do was to report to USA on Russian Crap. Talk about a deal with the devil.
“Len Deighton says that Gehlen’s agents in the USSR never missed receiving a payment when US intel took control of Amt 5 with the fall of the Third Reich.”
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Years ago, I read Frederick Forsythe’s “The Odessa File”, but haven’t read Len Deighton’s account that you mentioned.
This is a fairly comprehensive review of General Reinhard Gehlen’s career , both during and after the war, and is available on the internet. Fascinating.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/cold-war-spies-general-reinhard-gehlen/
“By 1944, many top generals in Adolf Hitler’s army understood the war was lost and that they had better make arrangements to ensure their safety. Among the top cadre of military leaders who decided to take matters into their own hands were Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler. Before the war was over, these officers established a secret escape route out of Germany that led to South America and the Middle East, where they hoped to nurture the seeds of a “Fourth Reich,” which would continue the war at a later time. Bormann dubbed this new group “The Odessa,” an acronym for what might be roughly translated as “Organization of Former SS Members.” One of the most important Odessa members, and a man who would later play an important role in the future CIA-German intelligence alliance, was Reinhard Gehlen, a leading Wehrmacht intelligence officer.”