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'''Allen Welsh Dulles''' (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was a pivotal figure in American intelligence and [[diplomacy]], best known as the longest-serving Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), a role he held from 1953 to 1961. As the first [[civilian]] to lead the agency during its formative [[Cold War]] years, Dulles shaped the CIA into a powerful, secretive institution that influenced [[U.S. foreign policy]] through [[covert]] operations, [[espionage]], and [[regime-change]] efforts.
==World War II==
In 1942, Dulles joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), the CIA's wartime predecessor, as station chief in [[Bern, Switzerland]] There, he built a network of informants, including anti-Nazi Germans and Swiss contacts. His most notable achievement was [[Operation Sunrise]] in 1945, where he secretly [[negotiate]]d the surrender of German forces in [[Italy]] and [[Austria]] with SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s adjutant, General Karl Wolff. [[Otto Skorzeny]] and Major General [[Reinhard Gehlen]] were part of the surrender. Many of the surrendered Nazis became part of [[Operation Paperclip]].
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==World War II==
In 1942, Dulles joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), the CIA's wartime predecessor, as station chief in [[Bern, Switzerland]] There, he built a network of informants, including anti-Nazi Germans and Swiss contacts. His most notable achievement was [[Operation Sunrise]] in 1945, where he secretly [[negotiate]]d the surrender of German forces in [[Italy]] and [[Austria]] with SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s adjutant, General Karl Wolff. [[Otto Skorzeny]] and Major General [[Reinhard Gehlen]] were part of the surrender. Many of the surrendered Nazis became part of [[Operation Paperclip]].
[[Category:United States Government]]