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==Gehlen Organization==
==Gehlen Organization==
{{See also|History of Ukraine#Fascist insurgency: 1944-1954}}
After [[World War II]], the [[United States]] recognized that it did not have an [[intelligence agency|intelligence capability]] directed toward the [[Soviet Union]], its wartime ally. Gehlen, who was director of the [[Abwehr]] ([[German]] [[military]] intelligence) for the [[Eastern Front]] tasked with analyzing the [[Soviet]] military, [[negotiate]]d an agreement with the United States which allowed his operation to continue in existence despite post-war [[de-nazification]] programs. The group, including his immediate staff of about 350 agents, was known as the Gehlen Organization. Reconstituted as a functioning [[espionage]] network under U.S. control, it became the newly created [[CIA]]'s eyes and ears in [[Eastern Europe]] and in the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.historynet.com/reinhard-gehlen-the-nazi-spy-chief-turned-cia-agent/ When the CIA Bankrolled a Nazi Spy Chief], by Claire Barrett, ''HistoryNet'', 1/14/2022. historynet.com</ref>
After [[World War II]], the [[United States]] recognized that it did not have an [[intelligence agency|intelligence capability]] directed toward the [[Soviet Union]], its wartime ally. Gehlen, who was director of the [[Abwehr]] ([[German]] [[military]] intelligence) for the [[Eastern Front]] tasked with analyzing the [[Soviet]] military, [[negotiate]]d an agreement with the United States which allowed his operation to continue in existence despite post-war [[de-nazification]] programs. The group, including his immediate staff of about 350 agents, was known as the Gehlen Organization. Reconstituted as a functioning [[espionage]] network under U.S. control, it became the newly created [[CIA]]'s eyes and ears in [[Eastern Europe]] and in the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.historynet.com/reinhard-gehlen-the-nazi-spy-chief-turned-cia-agent/ When the CIA Bankrolled a Nazi Spy Chief], by Claire Barrett, ''HistoryNet'', 1/14/2022. historynet.com</ref>