Heinz Gehre person
also: Heinz Gehr, Gehr, Herr, Heinz Herr, H-E-R-R-E
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Claims (2)
Heinz Gehre hosted_dinner_for
Reinhard Gehlen host_asserted
“In honor of Reinhard Galen, the West German spy chief, Dulles had resurrected from the poison ashes of the Nazi regime. On September 12th, Galen's US sponsors threw a luncheon for him. And that night there was a dinner for the Hitler old sp…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 26 (Final) @ 45:13
Heinz Gehre former_staff_officer_of
Reinhard Gehlen host_asserted
“on the Eastern Front, who had become West Germany's top intelligent liaison in Washington, D.C. That fall, Dulles eagerly anticipated the long-delayed presidential election of none other than Richard Nixon. He got involved in the Nixon camp…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 26 (Final) @ 45:42
Mentions (7)
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Critchfield began that September with no CIA or Army input, no files, no nothing. His Army colleagues soon dropped out. Galen and his assistant, Eric Waldman, and Heinz Herr were Critchfield's main points of contact. In the end, Critchfield…
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Though many of the Yankee Stadium crowd that day would have been deeply displeased to learn his identity, the German spymaster wearing his dark glasses sat undisturbed in the stands. The game itself was of little interest to him. His compan…
▶ 4:56
became so enamored with America's favorite pastime after the war that he could spout players' statistics like the most obsessed baseball card fan collector. During the war, he had studied the Soviet enemies with equal intensity, learning th…
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It was Critchfield who arranged for the trip to America for Galen and Heinz Herr in the fall of 1951, highlighted by the final game of the World Series. Galen's CIA caretaker saw the American Odyssey, which was scheduled to include a high-l…
▶ 19:16
to their railway tour of America. On their way to the West Coast, they stopped over in Chicago, visited a speakeasy. Much to the surprise of all of us, said Critchfield, we were greeted by a famous member of the mafia. Not surprising based …
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Critchfield later said Galen was a photographer and Herr, like the general staff officer that he was, equipped himself with maps and sought out the highest observation point on every stop. Returning to D.C. on October 8th, they checked into…
▶ 45:13
In honor of Reinhard Galen, the West German spy chief, Dulles had resurrected from the poison ashes of the Nazi regime. On September 12th, Galen's US sponsors threw a luncheon for him. And that night there was a dinner for the Hitler old sp…