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The '''Central Eurasia Division''', formerly the '''Soviet-East Europe Division''', is part of the [[CIA]]'s clandestine arm responsible for Russia and Eastern Europe.<ref name="Drogin129-130">Bob Drogin, ''Curveball'', Ebury Press, 2008, pp.129-130.</ref> | The '''Central Eurasia Division''', formerly the '''Soviet-East Europe Division''', is part of the [[CIA]]'s clandestine arm responsible for Russia and Eastern Europe.<ref name="Drogin129-130">Bob Drogin, ''Curveball'', Ebury Press, 2008, pp.129-130.</ref> | ||
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| + | The Central Eurasia Division (CE) formerly the Soviet-East Europe Division (SE), was part of the CIA's clandestine arm responsible for operations related to the Soviet Union and its successor states | ||
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| + | The Division was known as the '''Soviet Russia Division''' from 1952 to 1966 and the '''Soviet Bloc Division''' from 1966 to 1974. For at least part of this period a separate '''Eastern Europe Division''' was also in existence. | ||
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| + | [[John Brennan]]'s 2015 re-organisation of the CIA created a '''Europe and Eurasia Mission Center''' reporting directly to the Office of the Director. This may have absorbed the Central Eurasian Division as well as elements from the Directorate of Intelligence.<ref>https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/cia-central-eurasia-division</ref> | ||
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| Subpage | •CIA/Central Eurasia Division/Moscow Station |
| Part of the CIA's clandestine arm responsible for Russia (formerly Soviet Union) and Eastern Europe | |
The Central Eurasia Division, formerly the Soviet-East Europe Division, is part of the CIA's clandestine arm responsible for Russia and Eastern Europe.[1]
Contents
Name history
The Central Eurasia Division (CE) formerly the Soviet-East Europe Division (SE), was part of the CIA's clandestine arm responsible for operations related to the Soviet Union and its successor states
The Division was known as the Soviet Russia Division from 1952 to 1966 and the Soviet Bloc Division from 1966 to 1974. For at least part of this period a separate Eastern Europe Division was also in existence.
John Brennan's 2015 re-organisation of the CIA created a Europe and Eurasia Mission Center reporting directly to the Office of the Director. This may have absorbed the Central Eurasian Division as well as elements from the Directorate of Intelligence.[2]
People
Chiefs
- Harry Rositzke
- Dana Durand
- John Maury
- Howard Osborn
- David Murphy
- Rolfe Kingsley
- David Blee
- John R. Horton
- Richard F. Stolz
- George Kalaris
- David W. Forden
- Burton Gerber
- Milt Bearden
- N. John MacGaffin
- William Lofgren
- John F. Bender
- Michael J. Sulick
- William P. Norville
- Robert M. Dannenberg
References
- ↑ Bob Drogin, Curveball, Ebury Press, 2008, pp.129-130.
- ↑ https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/cia-central-eurasia-division
