Heinz Felfe person
also: Heinz-Felfi, Felfi, F-E-L-F-E, Felphy, the double agent, the Soviet mole, Heinz F-E-L-F-E
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Claims (5)
Reinhard Gehlen recruited
Heinz Felfe documented
“A former Nazi bully boy who had led rampaging gangs on Kristallnacht in 1938 was recruited into the Galen organization in 1951. Not long after, the adaptable Felphy became a Soviet double agent, fed a steady stream of insider tips to his Ru…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 13 @ 45:03
Heinz Felfe spied_on
Reinhard Gehlen documented
“A former Nazi bully boy who had led rampaging gangs on Kristallnacht in 1938 was recruited into the Galen organization in 1951. Not long after, the adaptable Felphy became a Soviet double agent, fed a steady stream of insider tips to his Ru…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 13 @ 45:03
Heinz Felfe spied_on
BND book_quoted
“They received reports from Heinz Felfe, F-E-L-F-E, who was a senior officer that had infiltrated the Galen organization, which goes on to be West Germany's BND, the version of the CIA for West Germany. They also had a Canadian spy, Gordon L…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6) @ 32:49
Reinhard Gehlen appointed
Heinz Felfe documented
“Finally, bedazzled Galen named him head of all anti-Soviet counterintelligence operations, a position that put the double agent in ongoing contact with the CIA and other Western spy agencies. His reign as the top level Soviet mole in the Ga…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 13 @ 45:33
Heinz Felfe spied_on
Reinhard Gehlen documented
“F-E-L-F-E, who was a senior officer in Galen's organization, who was a Russian spy, and also from a Canadian spy by the name of Gordon Lonsdale. L-O-N-S-D-A-L-E. Lots of penetration there, people. So, that basically is kind of the...…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 52:20
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▶ 51:54
Carpathian until 1952, but the bands were slowly tracked down and eliminated by the Soviets. Another 16 agents were lost by the Americans in at least five missions between 1952 and 53, so the losses are mounting. Soviets had the advantage, …
▶ 52:20
F-E-L-F-E, who was a senior officer in Galen's organization, who was a Russian spy, and also from a Canadian spy by the name of Gordon Lonsdale. L-O-N-S-D-A-L-E. Lots of penetration there, people. So, that basically is kind of the...…
▶ 32:49
They received reports from Heinz Felfe, F-E-L-F-E, who was a senior officer that had infiltrated the Galen organization, which goes on to be West Germany's BND, the version of the CIA for West Germany. They also had a Canadian spy, Gordon L…
▶ 44:33
file. Ironically, while justifying his political snooping as necessary countermeasures against enemy infiltration, Galen's own organization became notorious for being infiltrated. The Heinz-Felfi affair was the most notorious Soviet mole du…
▶ 45:03
A former Nazi bully boy who had led rampaging gangs on Kristallnacht in 1938 was recruited into the Galen organization in 1951. Not long after, the adaptable Felphy became a Soviet double agent, fed a steady stream of insider tips to his Ru…
▶ 45:33
Finally, bedazzled Galen named him head of all anti-Soviet counterintelligence operations, a position that put the double agent in ongoing contact with the CIA and other Western spy agencies. His reign as the top level Soviet mole in the Ga…
▶ 46:04
The double agent is feeding Galen, who feeds Alan Dulles, Soviet intel. Just let that sink in. By the time he was finally caught, he had wreaked damage on the West German apparatus, resulting in the arrest of dozens of senior Galen agents b…
▶ 46:37
A significant swath of German and American intelligence field work was gone, resulting in people being killed. After the Felphy scandal exploded in the press in 1963, 1963, 10 years later, Galen tried to minimize the importance of the breac…
▶ 51:41
You look at Galen and how Galen and everybody else treated this in Angleton and the whole nine yards. You wonder why they didn't see this coming. I mean, they had their hands into everything and they couldn't understand that they had a doub…