The Gehlen Memoirs. The First Full Edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971
GEHLEN, General Reinhard
Translated by David Irving. [First English Edition].
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Collins, 1972
Stock code: 50133
Price: £38.00
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Originally published in shorter form in Mainz 1971. Gehlen commanded all intelligence operations in Russia and the Balkans before delivering himself and his service to the Americans at the end of WWII. From this sprang the Gehlen Organisation whose knowledge of Russian affairs and influence on Western policy became a byword. In 1956 the Organisation was transferred to the German Federal Government and until his retirement in 1968 Gehlen remained in supreme command of the German secret service. Enser, p.398