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==World War II==
==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]].
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]]<ref>Slorzeny led a Special Operation to break [[Mussolini]] out of an [[Italian]] jail after Mussolini's resignation as [[Prime Minister]] and arrest.</ref> and Major General [[Reinhard Gehlen]] were part of the surrender. Many of the surrendered Nazis became part of [[Operation Paperclip]].
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