Pre-CIA agency comes to light
NEW YORK — It was a night in early November during the infancy of the Cold War when the anti-communist dissidents were hustled through a garden and across a gully to a vehicle on a dark, deserted road in Budapest. They hid in four large crates for t …
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Before the CIA, there was the Pond
It was a night in early November during the infancy of the Cold War when the anti-communist dissidents were hustled through a…
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CIA Operative From New Britain Had Role In Failed Cold War Spy Mission In China
At the center of the story are two eager CIA paramilitary officers on their first overseas assignment, John T. Downey of New Britain, Conn., and Richard G. Fecteau, of Lynn, Mass., whose plane was shot from the night sky in a Chinese ambush. WASHINGTON (AP) — Detail by painful detail, the CIA is coming to grips with one of the most devastating episodes in its history, a botched cloak-and-dagger …
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