John W. Berg
| John W. Berg (Spook) | |
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| Born | 11 May 1927 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Died | 12 June 2006 |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Gettysburg College, Columbia University |
| Spouse | Margaret Graefe Berg |
Spook who was CIA Chief of Station in several countries. | |
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John W. Berg was a spook who was CIA Chief of Station in several countries.
Education
Berg, a native of Baltimore, served in the US Army during World War II. He received a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and did graduate studies at Columbia University.[1]
Career
Berg was an operations officer at the Central Intelligence Agency for 39 years before retiring in 1988.[1] He was assigned to Italy, Poland, Austria, Germany, France, Washington DC, Thailand, and Greece.[2]
He was posted under diplomatic cover to lead the CIA's activities in Warsaw, Poland 1956-59.[3]
He probably was Deputy Chief of Station in Paris in 1974.[4]
Berg was chief of five major field installations of the CIA in Europe and Southeast Asia. He had extensive experience in many aspects of operations, including the collection of political and economic information, counterintelligence, "counter-narcotics" and "counter-terrorism". [1]
He was the recipient of the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit and Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
He was on a 1988 State Department review board to examine circumstances in the assassination, on June 28, of the defense attaché at Embassy Athens, Navy Captain William E. Nordeen.[5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://archive.is/20220416192611/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/06/23/obituaries/c14fb8b7-d6d6-4603-997a-09e2650dc4d3/#selection-843.1-863.185
- ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/margaret-berg-obituary?id=11054122
- ↑ https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/fsj-1959-08-august_0.pdf
- ↑ https://documents3.theblackvault.com/documents/jfkfiles/jfk2025/104-10195-10002.pdf
- ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/State_August-September_1981-_Iss_314_%28IA_sim_state-magazine_august-september-1981_314%29.pdf