the CIA, which contributed funding, equipment, cars, gasoline and other materials.

On 1 April 1956 the Bundesnachrichtendienst was created from the Gehlen Organization, and was transferred to the West German government, with all staff. Reinhard Gehlen became President of the BND and remained its head until 1968.

The BND and the Gestapo

Several publications have criticized Gehlen and his organizations for hiring ex-Nazis. An article in The Independent

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