Frank Gardiner Wisner
Frank Gardiner Wisner (born June 23, 1909 , † October 29, 1965 ) was a senior American intelligence officer and lawyer.
During the Second World War , Wisner worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the US intelligence service at the time. In March 1945 Wisner came to Wiesbaden and was there until 1946 the OSS liaison with the Gehlen organization , which in 1956 became the core of the new West German secret service.
After founding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he initially headed the department responsible for secret operations abroad.
1958 Wisner was involved in a failed coup attempt against the Indonesian President Sukarno . After several months of treatment for "psychotic mania", he was transferred to London to head the CIA office there (until 1962).
Frank Gardiner Wisner senior is the father of the diplomat Frank George Wisner junior.
literature
- Tim Weiner : CIA: The whole story . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-10-091070-7
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wisner, Frank Gardiner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | senior American intelligence officer and attorney |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1965 |