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Newly Declassified Files Confirm United States Collaboration with Nazis
by Martin A. Lee
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"Honest and idealist ... enjoys good food and wine ... unprejudiced mind
..."=20
That's how a 1952 Central Intelligence Agency assessment described Nazi
ideologue Emil Augsburg, an officer at the infamous Wannsee Institute, =
the
SS think tank involved in planning the Final Solution. Augsburg's SS =
unit
performed "special duties," a euphemism for exterminating Jews and other
"undesirables" during the Second World War.
Although he was wanted in Poland for war crimes, Augsburg managed to
ingratiate himself with the U.S. CIA, which employed him in the =
late1940s as
an expert on Soviet affairs. Recently released CIA records indicate that
Augsburg was among a rogue's gallery of Nazi war criminals recruited by =
U.S.
intelligence shortly after Germany surrendered to the Allies..
Pried loose by Congress, which passed the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act
three years ago, a long-hidden trove of once-classified CIA documents
confirms one of the worst-kept secrets of the Cold War-- the CIA's use =
of an
extensive Nazi spy network to wage a clandestine campaign against the =
Soviet
Union.=20
The CIA reports show that U.S. officials knew they were subsidizing =
numerous
Third Reich veterans who had committed horrible crimes against humanity, =
but
these atrocities were overlooked as the anti-Communist crusade acquired =
its
own momentum. For Nazis who would otherwise have been charged with war
crimes, signing on with American intelligence enabled them to avoid a =
prison
term.=20
"The real winners of the Cold War were Nazi war criminals, many of whom =
were
able to escape justice because the East and West became so rapidly =
focused
after the war on challenging each other," says Eli Rosenbaum, director =
of
the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations and America's
chief Nazi hunter. Rosenbaum serves on a Clinton-appointed Interagency
Working Group committee of U.S. scholars, public officials, and former
intelligence officers who helped prepare the CIA records for
declassification.=20
Many Nazi criminals "received light punishment, no punishment at all, or
received compensation because Western spy agencies considered them =
useful
assets in the Cold War," the IWG team stated after releasing 18,000 =
pages of
redacted CIA material. (More installments are pending.)
These are "not just dry historical documents," insists former =
congresswoman
Elizabeth Holtzman, a member of the panel that examined the CIA files. =
As
far as Holtzman is concerned, the CIA papers raise critical questions =
about
American foreign policy and the origins of the Cold War.
The decision to recruit Nazi operatives had a negative impact on =
U.S.-Soviet
relations and set the stage for Washington's tolerance of human rights'
abuses and other criminal acts in the name of anti-Communism. With that
fateful sub-rosa embrace, the die was cast for a litany of =
antidemocratic
CIA interventions around the world.
The Gehlen Org=20
The key figure on the German side of the CIA-Nazi tryst was General =
Reinhard
Gehlen, who had served as Adolf Hitler's top anti-Soviet spy. During =
World
War II, Gehlen oversaw all German military-intelligence operations in
Eastern Europe and the USSR.
As the war drew to a close, Gehlen surmised that the U.S.-Soviet =
alliance
would soon break down. Realizing that the United States did not have a
viable cloak-and-dagger apparatus in Eastern Europe, Gehlen surrendered =
to
the Americans and pitched himself as someone who could make a vital
contribution to the forthcoming struggle against the Communists. In =
addition
to sharing his vast espionage archive on the USSR, Gehlen promised that =
he
could resurrect an underground network of battle-hardened anti-Communist
assets who were well placed to wreak havoc throughout the Soviet Union =
and
Eastern Europe.=20
Although the Yalta Treaty stipulated that the United States must give =
the
Soviets all captured German officers who had been involved in "eastern =
area
activities," Gehlen was quickly spirited off to Fort Hunt, Va. The image =
he
projected during 10 months of negotiations at Fort Hunt was, to use a =
bit of
espionage parlance, a "legend" --one that hinged on Gehlen's false claim
that he was never really a Nazi, but was dedicated, above all, to =
fighting
Communism. Those who bit the bait included future CIA director Allen =
Dulles,
who became Gehlen's biggest supporter among American policy wonks.
Gehlen returned to West Germany in the summer of 1946 with a mandate to
rebuild his espionage organization and resume spying on the East at the
behest of American intelligence. The date is significant as it preceded =
the
onset of the Cold War, which, according to standard U.S. historical
accounts, did not begin until a year later. The early courtship of =
Gehlen by
American intelligence suggests that Washington was in a Cold War mode =
sooner
than most people realize. The Gehlen gambit also belies the prevalent
Western notion that aggressive Soviet policies were primarily to blame =
for
triggering the Cold War.
Based near Munich, Gehlen proceeded to enlist thousands of Gestapo,
Wehrmacht, and SS veterans. Even the vilest of the vile -- the senior
bureaucrats who ran the central administrative apparatus of the =
Holocaust --
were welcome in the "Gehlen Org," as it was called, including Alois =
Brunner,
Adolf Eichmann's chief deputy. SS major Emil Augsburg and Gestapo =
captain
Klaus Barbie, otherwise known as the "Butcher of Lyon," were among those =
who
did double duty for Gehlen and U.S. intelligence. "It seems that in the
Gehlen headquarters one SS man paved the way for the next and Himmler's
elite were having happy reunion ceremonies," the Frankfurter Rundschau
reported in the early1950s.
Bolted lock, stock, and barrel into the CIA, Gehlen's Nazi-infested spy
apparatus functioned as America's secret eyes and ears in central =
Europe.
The Org would go on to play a major role within NATO, supplying =
two-thirds
of raw intelligence on the Warsaw Pact countries. Under CIA auspices, =
and
later as head of the West German secret service until he retired in =
1968,
Gehlen exerted considerable influence on U.S. policy toward the Soviet =
bloc.
When U.S. spy chiefs desired an off-the-shelf style of nation tampering,
they turned to the readily available Org, which served as a =
subcontracting
syndicate for a series of ill-fated guerrilla air drops behind the Iron
Curtain and other harebrained CIA rollback schemes.
Sitting ducks for disinformation
...Third Reich veterans often proved adept at peddling data -- much of =
it
false -- in return for cash and safety, the IWG panel concluded. Many =
Nazis
played a double game, feeding scuttlebutt to both sides of the East-West
conflict and preying upon the mutual suspicions that emerged from the =
rubble
of Hitler's Germany.
General Gehlen frequently exaggerated the Soviet threat in order to
exacerbate tensions between the superpowers. At one point he succeeded =
in
convincing General Lucius Clay, military governor of the U.S. zone of
occupation in Germany, that a major Soviet war mobilization had begun in
Eastern Europe. This prompted Clay to dash off a frantic, top-secret
telegram to Washington in March 1948, warning that war "may come with
dramatic suddenness."
Gehlen's disinformation strategy was based on a simple premise: the =
colder
the Cold War got, the more political space for Hitler's heirs to =
maneuver.
The Org could only flourish under Cold War conditions; as an institution =
it
was therefore committed to perpetuating the Soviet-American conflict.
"The agency loved Gehlen because he fed us what we wanted to hear. We =
used
his stuff constantly, and we fed it to everyone else -- the Pentagon, =
the
White House, the newspapers. They loved it, too. But it was hyped-up =
Russian
bogeyman junk, and it did a lot of damage to this country," a retired =
CIA
official told author Christopher Simpson, who also serves on the IWG =
review
panel and was author of "Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and =
Its
Effects on the Cold War."
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THE BUMBLING BEAR (Part 1 of 2)<BR>by Jared Israel<BR>[Originally Posted =
22 May=20
2001]<BR>[Reposted 2 December=20
2001]<BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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article from=20
the 'San Francisco Bay Guardian', entitled, 'The<BR>CIA's Worst-Kept =
Secret.' It=20
discusses some recently unclassified CIA files.<BR>These documents, =
18,000 pages=20
in all, confirm that U.S. intelligence<BR>recruited and protected Nazis =
starting=20
at the end of World War II.<BR><BR>I am posting and writing about this =
article=20
for two reasons. First, it<BR>includes some useful information about the =
Nazi-CIA marriage. Second, it<BR>presents that information from a =
perspective=20
that I consider at once<BR>mistaken and widespread; hence worth=20
discussing.<BR><BR>The article was written by Martin Lee. Mr. Lee argues =
that=20
after World War<BR>II, Nazi spies duped the U.S. into hiring them, =
thereby=20
protecting<BR>themselves and their networks from prosecution.<BR><BR>He =
cites=20
the example of General Reinhard Gehlen. Gehlen had been chief of<BR>Nazi =
intelligence in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. According to =
Mr.<BR>Lee,=20
Gehlen fooled spymaster Allen Dulles, who later became Director of =
the<BR>CIA,=20
in the following way:<BR><BR>"Gehlen was quickly spirited off to =
Fort Hunt,=20
Va. The image he projected<BR>during 10 months of negotiations at Fort =
Hunt was,=20
to use a bit of espionage<BR>parlance, a "legend" --one that =
hinged on=20
Gehlen's false claim that he was<BR>never really a Nazi, but was =
dedicated,=20
above all, to fighting Communism.<BR>Those who bit the bait included =
future CIA=20
director Allen Dulles, who became<BR>Gehlen's biggest supporter among =
American=20
policy wonks. " (From the text<BR>below)<BR><BR>There's a bit of a =
problem=20
here.<BR><BR>Starting more than a decade earlier, Allen Dulles, a =
leading=20
diplomat and<BR>spy, and his brother, John Foster, a Wall Street =
insider, had=20
created a<BR>financial-intelligence apparatus to assist the Nazis. So =
Dulles=20
had<BR>long-standing, friendly relations with Nazis. That being the =
case, why=20
would<BR>Dulles be upset if he 'learned' that Gehlen (a top Nazi spy) =
was a=20
Nazi? (1)<BR><BR>Moreover, Gehlen had not been some cloistered spy. His =
job had=20
not been<BR>simply to coordinate the gathering of information. He had =
been a key=20
leader<BR>of the work of fascist groups in the occupied East, such as =
the Iron=20
Guard<BR>in Romania, the Latvian Vanagis and the Croatian Ustashe. These =
groups<BR>committed the most unimaginably brutal atrocities against=20
'Untermenschen',<BR>Jews, 'gypsies', Serbs and other Slavs and Orthodox=20
Christians, as well as<BR>against anti-Nazis, both Communist and =
non-Communist,=20
including various<BR>Nationalist groups, which resisted the Nazis. =
Gehlen was a=20
leading war<BR>criminal. <BR><BR>Did Allen Dulles know all this? Of =
course he=20
knew all this. He was a U.S.<BR>spymaster with almost three decades =
experience=20
and he had worked with the<BR>Nazi leadership for two decades. Dulles =
arranged=20
to have Gehlen secretly<BR>brought to the U.S. precisely so that the =
Russians=20
wouldn't get hold of him<BR>and put him on trial for war crimes and hang =
him.<BR><BR>Once they had Gehlen safely in the U.S., Allen Dulles and =
other top=20
U.S.<BR>Intelligence operatives met with Gehlen and planned a nightmare=20
creation: a<BR>vast European spying-and-subversion apparatus, controlled =
by=20
Washington but<BR>staffed by hundreds and then thousands of Nazi war =
criminals.=20
The Nazis may<BR>have lost the war but Nazism had found new life.=20
(6)<BR><BR>Since Allen Dulles knew that Gehlen commanded an army of =
monstrous=20
war<BR>criminals in Eastern Europe and Russia, what is the significance =
of=20
Dulles'<BR>supposed (though frankly unbelievable) belief that Gehlen was =
not a=20
Nazi?<BR><BR>Mr. Lee's suggestion that Dulles' rescue and empowerment of =
Gehlen=20
was<BR>somehow less monstrous because he was 'fooled' about Gehlen's =
Nazi=20
beliefs<BR>is typical of the way the mass media has been whitewashing =
American=20
foreign<BR>policy since 1945. <BR><BR>According to this reasoning, it is =
a crime=20
if Nazis (or Islamist terrorists)<BR>go out and commit atrocities on =
their own.=20
But if they commit atrocities at<BR>the behest of American leaders who =
are a)=20
naive about who these Nazis (or<BR>Islamist terrorists) are and b) are =
only=20
using these Nazis or terrorists in<BR>pursuit of good American values, =
then it=20
is OK. This treats the American<BR>foreign policy establishment as if it =
were=20
some perpetual teenager who may<BR>have fallen in with a bad crowd, but =
heck,=20
he'll grow out of it.<BR><BR>Very few of us will ever read the =
declassified=20
Nazi-CIA documents. Articles<BR>like Mr. Lee's from the 'San Francisco =
Bay=20
Guardian', a left-leaning<BR>newspaper, must inform our view. Throughout =
the=20
article, Mr. Lee portrays<BR>Washington as naive, trapped by a Cold War=20
mentality into recruiting Nazis<BR>(or, as he suggests at the end of his =
article, by recruiting too many of<BR>them...you know, Nazis are OK, but =
only if=20
taken in moderation...)<BR><BR>Can it be that a smart guy like Mr. Lee =
really=20
believes that the very<BR>sophisticated men who shaped US foreign policy =
over=20
the past 50 years<BR>unknowingly blundered into bed with the worst =
butchers of=20
the century? I<BR>cannot say; but by making this absurd idea the theme =
of his=20
article, Mr.<BR>Lee, the critic, makes himself an apologist for the =
thing he is=20
seemingly<BR>attacking.<BR><BR>DID THE NAZI-CIA MARRIAGE TAKE PLACE =
BECAUSE=20
WASHINGTON WAS IN A "COLD WAR<BR>MENTALITY"?<BR><BR>This =
notion, which=20
is put forward by Mr. Lee, is contradicted by two<BR>important=20
facts:<BR><BR>Fact # 1 - No, Because It Started Too =
Early<BR><BR>Washington=20
began working with high-placed officials in the Vatican at the<BR>end of =
the war=20
to set up Nazi escape routes. Some of the Nazis whom they<BR>cooperated =
in=20
rescuing were spies. Others were just Nazi butchers.<BR><BR>The escape =
routes,=20
appropriately called 'ratlines', started in Eastern<BR>Europe and the =
Balkans,=20
particularly Croatia, and terminated in the U.S.,<BR>Canada, Australia, =
Latin=20
America, and so on. How could it be true that the<BR>U.S. got swept up =
in=20
organizing the ratlines due to a Cold War mentality<BR>when the Cold War =
hadn't=20
yet begun? (2)<BR><BR>Mr. Lee is aware that the U.S. began rescuing =
Nazis before=20
the Cold War<BR>began. He points out that this:<BR><BR>"...belies =
the=20
prevalent Western notion that aggressive Soviet policies =
were<BR>primarily to=20
blame for triggering the Cold War."<BR><BR>Point well taken. But at =
the=20
same time, Mr. Lee writes:<BR><BR>"The early courtship of Gehlen by =
American intelligence suggests that<BR>Washington was in a Cold War mode =
sooner=20
than most people realize." (From<BR>the text below)<BR><BR>What =
does this=20
mean? If aggressive Soviet policies were not to blame for<BR>triggering =
the Cold=20
War, why does Mr. Lee say that "Washington was [already]<BR>in a =
Cold War=20
mode" at the end of World War II? Doesn't a "Cold War"=20
require<BR>two sides?<BR><BR>What Mr. Lee probably means is that at the =
end of=20
W.W. II; Washington was in<BR>an "Attack Russia!" mode. =
Indeed, it was=20
precisely Washington's belligerent<BR>and criminal actions, such as =
rescuing=20
Nazi war criminals, that created the<BR>international climate of =
hostility and=20
threat which became known as the<BR>"Cold War". <BR><BR>In the =
decade=20
and a half before World War II, Washington and Wall Street,<BR>including =
the the=20
Dulles brothers and the grandfather and great grandfather<BR>of =
President Bush,=20
played a dangerous game. They helped put the Nazis in<BR>power and aided =
them=20
once they got in power. With their assistance, the<BR>shattered German =
war=20
industry was rebuilt in record time.<BR><BR>Why did Dulles and the =
Walker/Bush=20
family and others in the U.S.<BR>Establishment help finance the creation =
of a=20
powerful, fascist state in<BR>Germany? They did it in large measure =
because they=20
planned to use the Nazis<BR>to attack Soviet Russia.<BR><BR>Alas, as the =
poet=20
says, the best laid plans of mice and men often fail.<BR>Instead of =
settling for=20
their assigned role, of conquering Russia, the<BR>German Nazi/Corporate =
state=20
decided to conquer everyone. Washington and<BR>London responded to this=20
unacceptable ambition in a measured fashion. First,<BR>they allowed the =
Nazis to=20
inflict maximum damage on the Soviet Union. Then<BR>they opened a Second =
Front=20
(the Normandy Invasion) in order to prevent the<BR>USSR from liberating =
all of=20
Europe and to make sure the Nazis were not<BR>completely =
crushed.<BR><BR>After=20
World War II Washington didn't go into "Cold War mode." It=20
simply<BR>continued with its plan of using Germany and the Nazis against =
the=20
USSR.<BR>Except now the Nazi apparatus existed all over Eastern and =
Southern=20
Europe<BR>(including in Russia) and Soviet influence was far more =
extensive as=20
well.<BR><BR>Fact # 2 - No, because the U.S. Foreign Policy =
Establishment Didn't=20
Use the<BR>Nazis Only to Spy<BR><BR>The Nazi murderers whom the U.S. =
helped=20
rescue, in violation of law and<BR>decency, were not simply spies. Many =
of them=20
were monstrous war criminals.<BR>And these war criminal/spies were not =
simply=20
rescued, dumped in various<BR>countries, and then =
forgotten.<BR><BR>Instead the=20
U.S. maintained a great network of the 'escapees' and their<BR>contacts =
all over=20
Europe with three purposes:<BR><BR>* to spy; <BR><BR>* to nurture =
networks of=20
fascists dedicated to infiltrating, subverting and<BR>sabotaging the =
socialist=20
and non-socialist states of Europe, a network<BR>linked to U.S. =
intelligence=20
(and to Germany);<BR><BR>* and to prepare a force that could be sent =
back into=20
the socialist<BR>countries, especially the strategic Baltic states of =
Latvia,=20
Lithuania and<BR>Estonia, and into the Balkans states, especially =
Yugoslavia,=20
when the time<BR>was ripe. <BR><BR>The Nazi and pro-Nazi 'refugees' were =
maintained at the expense of U.S.<BR>taxpayers through programs such as =
the=20
'Assembly of Captive Nations' (3)<BR><BR>In the late 1980s and early =
1990s many=20
of the U.S.-protected Nazi war<BR>criminals (and/or their children) were =
shipped=20
back to Eastern Europe and<BR>the Balkans where they helped to launch=20
secessionist movements, install U.S.<BR>and German puppet governments,=20
assassinate those who resisted and foster<BR>national hatreds. For =
example,=20
returning Fascists helped Franjo Tudjman's<BR>neo-Nazi group, the =
Croatian=20
Democratic Union, or HDZ, take over the<BR>Croatian Republic and launch =
a=20
secessionist war against Yugoslavia in 1991.<BR>(4) <BR><BR>THE BUMBLING =
BEAR=20
THEORY OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY<BR><BR>Why do critics of U.S. foreign =
policy so=20
often present Washington as a<BR>passive force? Why are we constantly =
told that=20
the U.S. is being 'used by<BR>the Cuban exiles for their own agenda' or =
that the=20
U.S. has 'screwed up once<BR>again by backing the Kosovo Liberation =
Army' and=20
that 'sooner or later the<BR>Americans will find out what kind of =
monsters these=20
Albanian secessionists<BR>are' and so on. (5)<BR><BR>Two explanations =
come to=20
mind.<BR><BR>First, wittingly or unwittingly, people tend to censor =
themselves=20
in<BR>confrontation with reckless power.<BR><BR>When one is criticizing =
an=20
Establishment that bombs pill factories because<BR>it doesn't like the=20
government (as the U.S. did in Sudan), that bombs<BR>Bosnia, Kosovo and =
Iraq=20
with radioactive weapons and then sends its own and<BR>allied troops =
into the=20
contaminated areas, that refuses to punish submarine<BR>commanders who =
cause the=20
deaths of Japanese fishermen while performing<BR>daredevil stunts with =
nuclear=20
submarines - in criticizing such an<BR>Establishment one may experience =
the=20
temptation to exercise restraint.<BR><BR>If, for example, one argues =
that=20
Washington was tricked into working with<BR>Nazis one may feel =
reasonably=20
secure. One is not challenging the basic<BR>legitimacy of the Wall=20
Street-Washington axis. But if one argues that the<BR>nightmares of U.S. =
foreign=20
policy have been, like most large-scale human<BR>activities, planned, =
then one=20
will be accused of being conspiratorial, or<BR>extremist, or worse. One =
may find=20
that certain doors, previously open, are<BR>now shut tight. Or=20
worse.<BR><BR>Second, American TV and films, viewed by people all over =
the=20
world, project<BR>an image of the Innocent American official: kind =
hearted, too=20
powerful for<BR>his own good; easily fooled and manipulated. This plays =
a big=20
role in<BR>conditioning people to think of the U.S. government as a =
bumbling=20
bear.<BR><BR>Since the movies are partly responsible for this =
nonsensical image=20
of<BR>American leaders, let me paraphrase a famous movie speech by way=20
of<BR>refutation:<BR><BR>"Don't be too sure we're as naive as we're =
supposed to be. That sort of<BR>reputation might be good business, =
toning down=20
the critics and making it<BR>easier to deal with the enemy." (With=20
apologies to Sam Spade in the 'Maltese<BR>Falcon', for which see <A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmsite.org/malt.html">http://www.filmsite.org/malt.h=
tml</A>=20
)<BR><BR>Was Washington an innocent bystander during World War II? It =
was most=20
surely<BR>not. The OSS, predecessor of the CIA, was engaged all over =
Europe.=20
OSS<BR>operatives knew - and reported - that monstrous crimes were being =
committed<BR>by Nazis, following which Washington recruited these same =
Nazis=20
into its<BR>burgeoning covert apparatus, the most sensitive branch of =
the=20
U.S.<BR>government. <BR><BR>Think about this. The OSS was a small =
organization.=20
The Nazi apparatus was<BR>huge and well organized. Absorbing the Nazis =
into U.S.=20
intelligence was like<BR>a garter snake eating a rat. What does this =
mean? It=20
means the most powerful<BR>forces in the U.S.A. had decided that the CIA =
was to=20
be, in essence, a Nazi<BR>organization.<BR><BR>Washington's goal was to =
break up=20
the USSR and other Socialist states and<BR>bring them under U.S. =
domination. The=20
way Washington planners viewed things,<BR>Nazis had many virtues. They =
respected=20
capitalism. They despised a host of<BR>groups (including Serbs and other =
Slavs,=20
'Gypsies', other dark-skinned<BR>people, etc.) who tended to resist U.S. =
domination. They were good at<BR>playing on prejudice against these =
groups.=20
Moreover, the intensity of their<BR>hate gave an energy of persistence =
to their=20
work. They were skilled at<BR>demagoguery, subversion, assassination, =
and=20
torture.<BR><BR>Numerous virtues; only one fault: a very bad reputation, =
regarding which, no<BR>problem unless the truth came out. And should the =
truth=20
come out, (as it is<BR>indeed trickling out today) the important thing =
from=20
Washington's point of<BR>view was and is to make sure the inevitable =
criticism=20
has the proper slant.<BR>Let the critics declare that it was all a =
terrible,=20
stupid, unforgivable<BR>mistake and we should learn 'our' lesson and =
never never=20
do such bad things<BR>again. <BR><BR>Better to be attacked for being=20
unforgivably stupid than for being<BR>unforgivably evil. To this end, =
President=20
Clinton set up an 'Interagency<BR>Working Group' (IWG), made up of=20
"scholars, public officials, and former<BR>intelligence officers =
who helped=20
prepare the CIA records for<BR>declassification." It would appear =
that Mr.=20
Lee has accepted the IWG's spin<BR>on the Nazi-CIA =
connection.<BR><BR>Below is=20
the 'San Francisco Bay Guardian' article.<BR><BR>Following the article I =
have=20
posted a few dissenting remarks.<BR><BR>-- Jared Israel, 21 May=20
2001<BR><BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D<BR><BR>The CIA's=20
Worst-Kept Secret<BR>From 'San Francisco Bay Guardian', May 7, =
2001<BR><BR>Newly=20
Declassified Files Confirm United States Collaboration with Nazis<BR>by =
Martin=20
A. =
Lee<BR><BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<=
BR><BR>"Honest=20
and idealist ... enjoys good food and wine ... unprejudiced =
mind<BR>..."=20
<BR><BR>That's how a 1952 Central Intelligence Agency assessment =
described=20
Nazi<BR>ideologue Emil Augsburg, an officer at the infamous Wannsee =
Institute,=20
the<BR>SS think tank involved in planning the Final Solution. Augsburg's =
SS=20
unit<BR>performed "special duties," a euphemism for =
exterminating Jews=20
and other<BR>"undesirables" during the Second World=20
War.<BR><BR>Although he was wanted in Poland for war crimes, Augsburg =
managed=20
to<BR>ingratiate himself with the U.S. CIA, which employed him in the =
late1940s=20
as<BR>an expert on Soviet affairs. Recently released CIA records =
indicate=20
that<BR>Augsburg was among a rogue's gallery of Nazi war criminals =
recruited by=20
U.S.<BR>intelligence shortly after Germany surrendered to the=20
Allies..<BR><BR>Pried loose by Congress, which passed the Nazi War =
Crimes=20
Disclosure Act<BR>three years ago, a long-hidden trove of =
once-classified CIA=20
documents<BR>confirms one of the worst-kept secrets of the Cold War-- =
the CIA's=20
use of an<BR>extensive Nazi spy network to wage a clandestine campaign =
against=20
the Soviet<BR>Union. <BR><BR>The CIA reports show that U.S. officials =
knew they=20
were subsidizing numerous<BR>Third Reich veterans who had committed =
horrible=20
crimes against humanity, but<BR>these atrocities were overlooked as the=20
anti-Communist crusade acquired its<BR>own momentum. For Nazis who would =
otherwise have been charged with war<BR>crimes, signing on with American =
intelligence enabled them to avoid a prison<BR>term. <BR><BR>"The =
real=20
winners of the Cold War were Nazi war criminals, many of whom =
were<BR>able to=20
escape justice because the East and West became so rapidly =
focused<BR>after the=20
war on challenging each other," says Eli Rosenbaum, director =
of<BR>the=20
Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations and =
America's<BR>chief=20
Nazi hunter. Rosenbaum serves on a Clinton-appointed =
Interagency<BR>Working=20
Group committee of U.S. scholars, public officials, and =
former<BR>intelligence=20
officers who helped prepare the CIA records for<BR>declassification.=20
<BR><BR>Many Nazi criminals "received light punishment, no =
punishment at=20
all, or<BR>received compensation because Western spy agencies considered =
them=20
useful<BR>assets in the Cold War," the IWG team stated after =
releasing=20
18,000 pages of<BR>redacted CIA material. (More installments are=20
pending.)<BR><BR>These are "not just dry historical =
documents,"=20
insists former congresswoman<BR>Elizabeth Holtzman, a member of the =
panel that=20
examined the CIA files. As<BR>far as Holtzman is concerned, the CIA =
papers raise=20
critical questions about<BR>American foreign policy and the origins of =
the Cold=20
War.<BR><BR>The decision to recruit Nazi operatives had a negative =
impact on=20
U.S.-Soviet<BR>relations and set the stage for Washington's tolerance of =
human=20
rights'<BR>abuses and other criminal acts in the name of anti-Communism. =
With=20
that<BR>fateful sub-rosa embrace, the die was cast for a litany of=20
antidemocratic<BR>CIA interventions around the world.<BR><BR>The Gehlen =
Org=20
<BR><BR>The key figure on the German side of the CIA-Nazi tryst was =
General=20
Reinhard<BR>Gehlen, who had served as Adolf Hitler's top anti-Soviet =
spy. During=20
World<BR>War II, Gehlen oversaw all German military-intelligence =
operations=20
in<BR>Eastern Europe and the USSR.<BR><BR>As the war drew to a close, =
Gehlen=20
surmised that the U.S.-Soviet alliance<BR>would soon break down. =
Realizing that=20
the United States did not have a<BR>viable cloak-and-dagger apparatus in =
Eastern=20
Europe, Gehlen surrendered to<BR>the Americans and pitched himself as =
someone=20
who could make a vital<BR>contribution to the forthcoming struggle =
against the=20
Communists. In addition<BR>to sharing his vast espionage archive on the =
USSR,=20
Gehlen promised that he<BR>could resurrect an underground network of=20
battle-hardened anti-Communist<BR>assets who were well placed to wreak =
havoc=20
throughout the Soviet Union and<BR>Eastern Europe. <BR><BR>Although the =
Yalta=20
Treaty stipulated that the United States must give the<BR>Soviets all =
captured=20
German officers who had been involved in "eastern =
area<BR>activities,"=20
Gehlen was quickly spirited off to Fort Hunt, Va. The image =
he<BR>projected=20
during 10 months of negotiations at Fort Hunt was, to use a bit =
of<BR>espionage=20
parlance, a "legend" --one that hinged on Gehlen's false =
claim<BR>that=20
he was never really a Nazi, but was dedicated, above all, to=20
fighting<BR>Communism. Those who bit the bait included future CIA =
director Allen=20
Dulles,<BR>who became Gehlen's biggest supporter among American policy=20
wonks.<BR><BR>Gehlen returned to West Germany in the summer of 1946 with =
a=20
mandate to<BR>rebuild his espionage organization and resume spying on =
the East=20
at the<BR>behest of American intelligence. The date is significant as it =
preceded the<BR>onset of the Cold War, which, according to standard U.S. =
historical<BR>accounts, did not begin until a year later. The early =
courtship of=20
Gehlen by<BR>American intelligence suggests that Washington was in a =
Cold War=20
mode sooner<BR>than most people realize. The Gehlen gambit also belies =
the=20
prevalent<BR>Western notion that aggressive Soviet policies were =
primarily to=20
blame for<BR>triggering the Cold War.<BR><BR>Based near Munich, Gehlen =
proceeded=20
to enlist thousands of Gestapo,<BR>Wehrmacht, and SS veterans. Even the =
vilest=20
of the vile -- the senior<BR>bureaucrats who ran the central =
administrative=20
apparatus of the Holocaust --<BR>were welcome in the "Gehlen =
Org," as=20
it was called, including Alois Brunner,<BR>Adolf Eichmann's chief =
deputy. SS=20
major Emil Augsburg and Gestapo captain<BR>Klaus Barbie, otherwise known =
as the=20
"Butcher of Lyon," were among those who<BR>did double duty for =
Gehlen=20
and U.S. intelligence. "It seems that in the<BR>Gehlen headquarters =
one SS=20
man paved the way for the next and Himmler's<BR>elite were having happy =
reunion=20
ceremonies," the Frankfurter Rundschau<BR>reported in the=20
early1950s.<BR><BR>Bolted lock, stock, and barrel into the CIA, Gehlen's =
Nazi-infested spy<BR>apparatus functioned as America's secret eyes and =
ears in=20
central Europe.<BR>The Org would go on to play a major role within NATO, =
supplying two-thirds<BR>of raw intelligence on the Warsaw Pact =
countries. Under=20
CIA auspices, and<BR>later as head of the West German secret service =
until he=20
retired in 1968,<BR>Gehlen exerted considerable influence on U.S. policy =
toward=20
the Soviet bloc.<BR>When U.S. spy chiefs desired an off-the-shelf style =
of=20
nation tampering,<BR>they turned to the readily available Org, which =
served as a=20
subcontracting<BR>syndicate for a series of ill-fated guerrilla air =
drops behind=20
the Iron<BR>Curtain and other harebrained CIA rollback =
schemes.<BR><BR>Sitting=20
ducks for disinformation<BR><BR>...Third Reich veterans often proved =
adept at=20
peddling data -- much of it<BR>false -- in return for cash and safety, =
the IWG=20
panel concluded. Many Nazis<BR>played a double game, feeding scuttlebutt =
to both=20
sides of the East-West<BR>conflict and preying upon the mutual =
suspicions that=20
emerged from the rubble<BR>of Hitler's Germany.<BR><BR>General Gehlen =
frequently=20
exaggerated the Soviet threat in order to<BR>exacerbate tensions between =
the=20
superpowers. At one point he succeeded in<BR>convincing General Lucius =
Clay,=20
military governor of the U.S. zone of<BR>occupation in Germany, that a =
major=20
Soviet war mobilization had begun in<BR>Eastern Europe. This prompted =
Clay to=20
dash off a frantic, top-secret<BR>telegram to Washington in March 1948, =
warning=20
that war "may come with<BR>dramatic =
suddenness."<BR><BR>Gehlen's=20
disinformation strategy was based on a simple premise: the colder<BR>the =
Cold=20
War got, the more political space for Hitler's heirs to maneuver.<BR>The =
Org=20
could only flourish under Cold War conditions; as an institution =
it<BR>was=20
therefore committed to perpetuating the Soviet-American=20
conflict.<BR><BR>"The agency loved Gehlen because he fed us what we =
wanted=20
to hear. We used<BR>his stuff constantly, and we fed it to everyone else =
-- the=20
Pentagon, the<BR>White House, the newspapers. They loved it, too. But it =
was=20
hyped-up Russian<BR>bogeyman junk, and it did a lot of damage to this=20
country," a retired CIA<BR>official told author Christopher =
Simpson, who=20
also serves on the IWG review<BR>panel and was author of "Blowback: =
America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its<BR>Effects on the Cold=20
War."<BR><BR>CONTINUED, PART 2<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Click to =
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