Ergänzung: Nachdem ich gelesen habe, dass die CIA-Zentrale für diese Operationen München war und sich zufällig zu dieser Zeit Stepan Bandera auch in München aufgehalten hat, dachte ich mir, es wäre doch ein ganz schön größer Zufall, wenn dieser nicht beteiligt gewesen wäre...
Schrieb ich 1951? Ich meinte 1948...
Die CIA hat Bandera vor der Sovietunion in München versteckt.
The Soviets wanted Stefan Bandera. American intelligence officials recognized that his arrest would have quick and adverse effects on the future of US operations with the Ukrainians.
According to Aradi, Bandera's arrest:
"Would imply to the Ukrainians that we as an organization are unable to protect them, i.e., we have no authority. In such a case, there is not any reason or sense for them to cooperate with us.
One of the reasons why full cooperation between the UHVR and our organization has not developed yet is the suspicion of these leaders that we will ultimately "betray" them. From the very beginning they complained that Americans have no real interest in them and that Communist-penetrated USA officers or officials will trade them to Russia. This belief was shared by both the Bandera people and the conservative Ukrainians."
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By 1950, CIA entered joint discussions with the British to launch operations into Ukraine; the United States, however, supported the ZPUHVR while the British advocated the use of Bandera's OUN.
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CIA did its best to form relationships only with the best of a questionable lot.
Na dann! Nur die Besten der Besten der Besten, Sir!
Quelle: "Cold War Allies: The Origins of CIA's Relationship with Ukrainian Nationalists" (1998)
> https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/STUDIES%20IN%20INTELLIGENCE%20NAZI%20-%20RELATED%20ARTICLES_0015.pdf