Secrets of the Cold War

US Army Europe's Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities Against the Soviets During the Cold War

Leland McCaslin

• Publisher: Helion and Company
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781907677526
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Modern History
• Index: History

Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in US Army Europe, weaves together exciting true accounts of allies collecting enemy information in the East and fighting spies and terrorists in the West. Amassing Soviet military information by Allied agents in the East is at the forefront! Learn the bizarre method a British agent uses to obtain the muzzle size of a Russian tank as he risks his life jumping on a moving train in East Germany. A French officer drives into a Soviet tank column and escapes undiscovered by cunning methods. In West Germany, terrorist attacks and spies are rampant. Communists shoot a rocket propelled grenade into a General's occupied limo and terrorists kidnap another General. From the espionage files, an American soldier is nearly recruited in a downtown bar to be a spy and a First Sergeant is lured by sex to be an unknowing participant in spying. Behind-the-lines images are historic and intriguing. See photographs of a French officer and a Soviet officer relaxing in the East German woods in a temporary unofficial peace; 'James Bond' type cars with their light tricks and their ability to leave their Stasi shadows 'wheel spinning' in the snow will amaze readers. A Russian translator for the presidential hotline recounts a story about having to lock his doors in the Pentagon, separating himself and his sergeant from the Pentagon Generals when a message comes in from the Soviets. When he called the White House to relay the message to the President and stood by for a possible reply to the Soviet Chairman, he stopped working for the Generals and started working solely for the President.In another riveting account, a US Berlin tank unit goes on red alert when the Soviets stop a US convoy on the autobahn between West Germany and Berlin. The Berlin Command orders the tanks to rescue them, "If anything gets in your way, either run over it or blow it away!" Young US Berlin train commanders recount their encounters with their Soviet counterparts aboard the Berlin Duty Train. In an unusual train incident, one male Soviet Officer places a love note in a young US female Train Commander's pocket, touching her leg. The note is in the book.Containing a host of first-person accounts that lift the lid on previously untold clandestine activities, this is a major contribution to Cold War history, and exciting reading for all those who have an interest in the real-life world of military intelligence, counterintelligence and espionage. Francis Gary Powers, Jr: "Well written and informative, the book is a magnificent assessment of the Cold War history." Retired four Star General Kroesen, of US Army Europe: "Given the criticism, bad news and alleged malfeasances associated with our intelligence services during the past decade, it is most refreshing to find a book relating a far different story."

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors
• Pre-publication security reviews
• 1 The threat: seven case histories
• 2 Allied Military Liaison Missions Potsdam – our collectors in the East (“legal” overt spies)
• 3 Soviet Military Liaison Missions – their collectors in the West (“legal” overt spies)
• 4 The Military Intelligence Field Office (counter spies)
• 5 Counterintelligence Division Part 1
• 6 Counterintelligence Division Part 2
• 7 “US Clearances” for Germans
• 8 Flag Notes And Laredo Leader – a few successes
• 9 Intel 2 Course or the in-flight icing problems!
• 10 The Russian Hotline
• 11 The real return of a defector from the cold
• 12 The Berlin duty train
• 13 Berlin Armor: just a step away from a Cold War to a ‘Hot War’!
• 14 Revisit Potsdam – Lt Col Nicholson’s death
• 15 Border patrol
• 16 SETAF – Rapid Reaction Force – Paratroopers
• 17 It was a grand affair – the annual MI Ball
• 18 Three significant CI women who broke the glass ceiling
• 19 Travel in Europe
• Afterword From the G2
• Congratulations USAREUR!
• Appendix I The early days – intelligence training
• Appendix II USAREUR HQ key positions, staff agencies, major units and population
• Appendix III Famous US Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC)
• Glossary
• Notes
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