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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 [[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.

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 [[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.

Hundreds of German [[Wehrmacht]] and [[SS]] officers were released from internment camps to join Gehlen's headquarters in the Spessart Mountains in central Germany. When the staff grew to 3,000, the Bureau Gehlen moved to a twenty-five-acre compound near Pullach, south of [[Munich]], operating under the name of the South German Industrial Development Organization. In the early fifties it was estimated that the organization employed up to 4,000 intelligence specialists in Germany, mainly former Wehrmacht and SS officers, and that more than 4,000 V-men (undercover agents) were active throughout the [[Soviet]]-bloc countries.

Hundreds of German [[Wehrmacht]] and [[SS]] officers were released from internment camps under [[Operation Paperclip]] to join Gehlen's headquarters in the Spessart Mountains in central Germany. When the staff grew to 3,000, the Bureau Gehlen moved to a twenty-five-acre compound near Pullach, south of [[Munich]], operating under the name of the South German Industrial Development Organization. In the early fifties it was estimated that the organization employed up to 4,000 intelligence specialists in Germany, mainly former Wehrmacht and SS officers, and that more than 4,000 V-men (undercover agents) were active throughout the [[Soviet]]-bloc countries.

Under Operation Sunrise, some 5,000 anti-communist Eastern European and [[Ukrainian]] personnel were trained for operational missions at a camp at Oberammergau in 1946, under the command of General Sikes and SS General Burckhardt. This and related initiatives supported [[History_of_Ukraine#Fascist_insurgency:_1944-1954|the fascist insurgency in Ukraine]],<ref>In 1948, the CIA report NSC 20/1, section 4: [http://www.sakva.ru/Nick/NSC_20_1.html “US objectives with respect to Russia”] warned that separating Ukraine from Russia will not work.</ref> which was not entirely suppressed until 1956.  

Under Operation Sunrise, some 5,000 anti-communist Eastern European and [[Ukrainian]] personnel were trained for operational missions at a camp at Oberammergau in 1946, under the command of General Sikes and SS General Burckhardt. This and related initiatives supported [[History_of_Ukraine#Fascist_insurgency:_1944-1954|the fascist insurgency in Ukraine]].<ref>In 1948, the CIA report NSC 20/1, section 4: [http://www.sakva.ru/Nick/NSC_20_1.html “US objectives with respect to Russia”] warned that separating Ukraine from Russia will not work.</ref> [[Austrian Galicia|Galician]] Nazi [[Stepan Bandera]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/BanderaStefan/Bandera%2C%20Stefan/BANDERA%2C%20STEFAN_0001/ Bandera, Stepan.  DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SOURCES METHODS EXEMPT ION38211 NAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT DATE 2001 2008</ref> and his [[OUNb|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] were recruited into the rebellion.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/STUDIES%20IN%20INTELLIGENCE%20NAZI%20-%20RELATED%20ARTICLES_0013.pdf American Intelligence and the Gehlen Organization, 1945-49- ], Kevin C. Ruffner. Studies in Intelligence (1997). CIA Reading Room. Released under the NAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT, DATE 2001 2006. cia.gov</ref> The insurgency was not entirely suppressed until 1956.  

Operation Rusty encompassed gathering positive and counterintelligence information concerning the activities and organizations of an Intelligence Service and activities of various dissident German organizations. The operation involved close coordination and cooperation with foreign and other US intelligence organizations.

Operation Rusty encompassed gathering positive and counterintelligence information concerning the activities and organizations of an Intelligence Service and activities of various dissident German organizations. The operation involved close coordination and cooperation with foreign and other US intelligence organizations.