German Collection.

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German Collection.

Documentation and drafts for Critchfield's book, Partners at the Creation: the Men between Postwar Germany's Defense Intelligence Establishment. Includes oral history transcripts and documents relating to Berlin Crises (1958-1961), founding of the Bunesnchrichtendienst (BND), declassified Central Intelligence Agency documents (1945-1949), a German-English intelligence glossary, biographical files and correspondence. Also includes biographical material concerning Critchfield and lectures for the Christopher Wren Association, College of William and Mary. The collection also includes audio and videocassette tapes.

15 record cartons.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7685824

William & Mary Libraries

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Germany. Bundesnachrichtendienst

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Critchfield, James H., 1917-....

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James H. Critchfield was a United States Army officer during World War II who remained in Germany and Austria as an army intelligence officer and joined the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency where he was the principal CIA officer working with the Gehlen Organization until its emergence as the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).He was born January 30, 1917 and graduated from North Dakota State University. He retired from the CIA in 1974 and died April 23, 2003. From the guide to the...