Operation Bloodstone

Operation Bloodstone was a covert operation whereby the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sought out Nazis and collaborators living in Soviet-controlled areas, to work undercover for U.S. intelligence inside of the Soviet Union, Latin America, and Canada, as well as domestically within the United States.[1][2]

Many of those who were hired as part of Bloodstone were high-ranking Nazi intelligence agents who had committed war crimes. Operation Bloodstone was initially proposed by the U.S. State Department, and was approved by SANACC (the State, Army, Navy, Air Force Coordinating Committee) on June 10, 1948. In July, SANACC expanded the operation to:[3]

comprise those activities against the enemy which are conducted by Allied or friendly forces behind enemy lines ... [to] include psychological warfare, subversion, sabotage, and miscellaneous operations such as assassination, target capture and rescue of Allied airmen.

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References

  1. ↑ Valentine, Douglas (2004). The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs. Verso. p. 100. ISBN 9781859845684.
  2. ↑ Wilford, Hugh (2009). The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America. Harvard University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9780674045170.
  3. ↑ Gerolymatos, Andre (2010). Castles Made of Sand: A Century of Anglo-American Espionage and Intervention in the Middle East. Macmillan. p. 144. ISBN 9781429913720.
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