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==Connections to Reinhard Gehlen and Post-War Intelligence==
===Reinhard Gehlen’s Background and WWII Role===
[[Reinhard Gehlen]] (April 3, 1902–June 8, 1979) was a German military and intelligence officer who served as a Major General in the Wehrmacht during World War II. From 1942, he led Fremde Heere Ost (FHO), the German Army’s intelligence unit on the Eastern Front, analyzing Soviet military capabilities. Promoted to Major General in December 1944, Gehlen was dismissed by Hitler in April 1945 for “defeatist” reports accurately predicting Soviet superiority. As revealed in the [[Red House Report (EW-Pa 128)]] this was part of the Nazi plan to continue WW2 by covert means. Anticipating Germany’s defeat, he microfilmed FHO’s archives and buried them in the Austrian Alps. On May 22, 1945, he surrendered to the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) in Bavaria, offering his intelligence on the USSR in exchange for leniency. Gehlen used this information to collaborate with Allen Dulles in the creation of [[Operation Gladio]] using his [[Stay-behind units]] network set up throughout the Eastern Front.