Lavrentiy Beria person
also: Beria, Berea
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West Berlinplace · 3West Germanycountry · 3Soviet Unioncountry · 2CIAintelligence service · 2William Harveyperson · 1Berlin Blockadeevent · 11953 East German uprisingevent · 1
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Russian spy chief Beria briefly held power in Moscow, loosening the reins of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. And East Germany recently clobbered with production quotas that further increased hopelessness. The liberalization was one of t…
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The CIA had recently issued a national intelligence estimate specifically to predict the impact of a Berea peace offensive on Germany. But looking at Berlin, the analysts concentrated on the possibility of something like the Berlin blockade…
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And they had no clue. Beria was an opportunity to seek peace. At the CIA's Berlin base, led by William Harvey, surprise intelligence officers scrambled for any information they could get and obtained information generally from word of mouth…