Berlin Operating Base
Encyclopedia
Berlin Operating Base, or B.O.B., was the CIA station in West Germany
during the Cold War
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The station was run by legendary CIA officer William Harvey
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His main subordinate was CIA officer Henry Hecksher
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
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The station was run by legendary CIA officer William Harvey
William King Harvey
William King "Bill" Harvey was a Central Intelligence Agency officer, best known for his role in Operation Mongoose. He was known as "America's James Bond."...
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His main subordinate was CIA officer Henry Hecksher
Henry Hecksher
Henry Hecksher was a career United States intelligence officer who served in both the OSS and CIA.Hecksher was born in Hamburg, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1934. He joined the United States Army, achieving the rank of captain...
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