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 Further US Anticommunist Objectives in Europe—Some Immigrated to the United States, the GAO found no evidence of "any US agency program to aid Nazis or Axis collaborators to immigrate to the United States." (U)

Eagle and Swastika amplifies the findings of the 1985 GAO Report by detailing the Agency's role in the years after Nazi Germany's collapse. The CIA expressed reluctance to work with some individuals or organizations, as seen with the Ukrainian nationalists and the Gehlen Organization. As tensions mounted between East and West, the Agency retreated from this stand because of the pressing need for intelligence on the intentions and capabilities of the Soviet Union. The first half of this study examines many of the CIA's earliest operations in Europe when the Agency decided to work with individuals and groups with Nazi backgrounds. The second half of the study shifts to the period of the 1970s to the present day and looks at the Agency's role in the investigations, including such notable cases as Klaus Barbie and Kurt Waldheim. (U)

The records of the Central Intelligence Agency and its predecessor agencies, including OSS, SRI, and CIG, form the basis for this study. These sources are scattered throughout the Agency and are not easily identifiable or retrievable. Significant material can be found in various individual "201 files" or project files maintained by the Directorate of Operations as well as in individual files of the Office of Security.