Lawrence de Neufville
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Lawrence de Neufville (spook) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | April 9, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Oxford, Harvard | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Richard Lawrence de Neufville | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Office of Strategic Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interests | Allied-occupied Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
OSS agent, recruited by John Baker into the CIA
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Lawrence de Neufville was an OSS agent, recruited by John Baker into the CIA, and in turn recruited Michael Josselson. Worked as a consultant for the civil administration of Germany until 1948, in his words "working on the constitution, helping to set up the Adenauer government". After he joined the CIA, his cover was working in the office of the American high commissioner John McCloy.
Affiliations
- Office of Strategic Services
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Congress for Cultural Freedom
- Encounter
- Radio Free Europe
Connections
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Description |
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Congress for Cultural Freedom/Founding Conference | 26 June 1950 | 29 June 1950 | Founded the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The participants had a "a culpable incuriosity about funding" of the luxurious conference, which was later exposed as CIA money. |
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