Useful Enemies

444 “Bandera men…. are not discriminating”: Ibid.

445 “Killing up to 10,000 Poles”: Ibid.

445 They looted and raped and destroyed: Simpson, 163–64.

445 “Extremely dangerous”: Breitman and Goda, Hitler’s Shadow, 79.

445 “British intelligence hired”: Ibid., 78–84.

446 “Ruthless…cunning”: Goda in Breitman et al., U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis, 251.

447 In Operation Ohio, for example: Simpson, 151.

447 Descriptions of QRPlumb, Redsox, and Aerodynamic are based on: Ruffner, chap. 6, “Approval of Operational Activity”; and QRPLUMB and Aerodynamic, NA, RG 263, CIA Subject Files.

447 “There are at least twenty former”: Ruffner, chap. 6, 28.

447 “One of the most important Bandera terrorists”: Ibid., 22.

448 Allen Dulles made a strong case, and also quotes: “Allen W. Dulles Deputy Director CIA to Argyle R. Mackey Commissioner of INS,” NA, RG 263, Lebed, CIA Name Files, Box 80, May 5, 1952; and CIA JL-668, “Memorandum for the Commissioner of INS, Attn: Mr. W. W. Wiggins… Subject: Mykola Lebed, aka Roman Turan,” Oct. 3, 1951, ibid.

448 “We have always cooperated with”: Quoted by Goda in Breitman et al., U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis, 253.

448 “Expressed German appreciation”: FBI memo, “To Mr. Belmont from Mr. Hennrich. Subject: Mikola Lebed, AKA Internal Security—Ukrainian,” NA, RG 65, Lebed, FBI Name Files, Boxes 128–129, June 5, 1950.

449 “To produce and infiltrate into the Soviet Union”: In “Memorandum for: Deputy Director for Operations… From Chief, Political and Psychological Staff… Subject: OSI investigation with Potential Consequences of QRPLUMB Operation,” NA, RG 263, QRPLUMB, CIA Subject Files, Box 80, Oct. 21, 1985.

450 “QRPLUMB is one of the oldest”: QRPlumb. Approval of Operational Activity QRPLUMB, Tab. B.

450 “His office does not have a file”: “OSI Investigation with Potential for Compromise of QRPLUMB Operation,” NA, RG 263, Box 80, October 21, 1985. See also summary of a meeting between OSI head Neal Sher and CIA: “QRPOOL… Memo for the Record… Subject: Potential Impact of GAO Investigation on QRPOOL: Ibid., Aug. 15, 1985. Also see “GAO Report with Potential for Compromise of QRPLUMB Operation,” Ibid., Oct. 7, 1985.

450 “Indirectly involved in the planning” and “He was protecting live persons”: NA, RG 263, Box 59, vol. 5, March 29, 1990.

450 “Provide for a more natural”: QRPlumb.

451 “Typical KGB-sponsored disinformation”: Chirovsky, 55.

453 “At least one hundred of Gehlen’s”: Naftali in Breitman et al., U. S. Intelligence and the Nazis, 377.

453 The Brunner story is based on Simpson; “Brunner, Alois,” Yad Vashem Holocaust Resource Center; and “The Eichmann Henchmen,” http://www.holocaustrearchproject.org

454 “His best man”: Simpson, 249.

454 “The Jews deserved to die”: “The Eichmann Henchmen,” 1.

455 Streiber (eager beaver): Simpson, 47.

455 “One of the biggest swine”: Ibid., 49.

455 “Extraordinary results…. in special tasks”: Ibid., 49.

455 The Augsburg account is based on Simpson and on Breitman, Historical Analysis of 20 Name Files from CIA Records.

456 “A shining star…a godsend”: Breitman, ibid., 5.

456 The Deppner account is based on Goda in Breitman et al.; “Westerbork Transit Camp,” Holocaust Research Project, http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org.; and Gilbert, Atlas of the Holocaust.

457 “The Gehlen organization provided nothing worthwhile”: Quoted by Simpson, 65.

PART FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

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Court, Andy. “Holoclaust Survivor Hurls Acid at Sheftel.” JP, December 2, 1988.

——. “J’lem Man Guilty of Hurling Acid at Lawyer.” JP, March 14, 1989.

——. “No Clues in Apparent Suicide of Former Judge.” JP, November 30, 1988.

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Notes

460 He signed a left-wing petition: The left-wing group was Yesh Gvul.

460 “Levin is disgracing Israeli justice”: Sheftel, 268.

462 “I want to tell you as clearly as possible”: Ibid., 268.

462 “They say he committed suicide”: Ibid., 287.

463 “How can you allow your son”: Reine.

463 “His face looked like that of”: Keinon.

464 “I went into shock”: Sheftel, 292. See also Andy Court, “Holocaust Survivor Hurls Acid at Sheftel,” JP, December 2, 1988: “J’lem Man Guilty of Hurling Acid at Lawyer,” JP, March 14, 1989; “Opening Up Old Wounds,” JP, Feburary 3, 1989.

464 “All the Jews are happy for what I did”: Keinon and Court, “Opening up Old Wounds.”

464 “Send a man to the gallows”: Reine.

464 “To disturb, disrupt, spoil and explode”: Sheftel, 292.

464 “Physical bond uniting”: Reine.

CHAPTERS FIFTY AND FIFTY-ONE

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Battisti, John. Memorandum Decision and Order. United States of America, Plaintiff v. John Demjanjuk, Defendant. No. C77–923, June 23, 1981.