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They became willing helpers, spies, because the US Intelligence Services could use their past to blackmail them. ibid.
The American Intelligence services were fighting a new enemy, communism, with the help of Nazis who worked for them as spies. ibid.
‘They were used for covert operations and this type of thing.’ ibid. man in the know
The Americans search all over Germany for the former SS officer [mass murderer] Intelligence officer, Eugen Steimle. ibid.
German industry made arrangements to keep its capital safe. ibid.
It [CIA] recruits fascists in Italy during the Cold War. They are to fight communism on behalf of the Americans. Since the 1960s, Italy is shaken by a series of bomb attacks. Hundreds of people die. These acts are first blamed on leftists, but it has been shown that they were committed by the far right. Stefano Delle Chiaie became the leader of the new right. ibid.
In 1970 the fascists and their backers want to stage a coup in Italy and eliminate the left-wing parties. ibid.
The unit is named Gladio and it is under the control of the CIA. ibid.
Many Italians believe that Moro was killed because he wanted to pursue a third way that contradicted Yalta. ibid.
‘Andreotti was the puppet of the Americans.’ ibid. man in the know
Licio Gelli was master of the influential Propaganda Due Masonic Lodge. Gelli had been an American agent since the War. ibid.
After the War, Barbie was recruited by the American Intelligence Services. ibid.
The Americans hide Barbie and other war criminals first in Germany, then in South America. ibid.
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‘There was complete misunderstanding on either side. It was very difficult to determine whom you could trust.’ ibid. US man in the know
This is a dangerous time for the Soviet Union. Almost 40 years into the Cold War the economy is overstretched, the military is unexpectedly entrenched in Afghanistan, and support for communism is faltering. ibid.
Operation RyaN is a runing tally of all possible signs that the West is getting ready for nuclear attack. ibid.
June 1982: As British agents seek inside access to Moscow’s Intelligenece Service, Oleg Gordievsky joins Russian agents in London. ibid.
The MI5 agents are there to monitor Russian agents in London, identify active agents and monitor their activity.
‘I became a secret agent for British Intelligence.’ ibid. Gordievsky
Gordievsky’s lead takes MI5 to Michael Bettaney’s door. ibid.