biography
pronunciation:
[gaylen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1902–79)
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| biography:
| German general, born in Erfurt, C Germany. In 1942–5 he was head of the Fremde Heere Ost department. He provided the US occupational force with secret archives compiled by him, and created at their request a secret service organization called ‘Organisation G’ mainly directed against the states of the Eastern Block. Acquired by the BD in 1955, the organization was renamed Bundesnachrichtendienst in 1956, and Gehlen served as its president (1956–8). |
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