KEY MAN IN PLOT TO KILL HITLER DINES HERE WITH ALLEN DULLES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000100100018-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 21, 1954
• Content Type: NSPR

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Key Man in Plot to Kill Hitler
Dines Here With Allen Dulles
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Dr. Gisevius was anti-Nazi and "i'8
By tie Associate P 7s
Two men whose countries
were at war against each other
10 years ago met here last night
to relive in memory the roles
they played in the attempt to
kill Hitler on July 20, 1944.
They were Allen Dulles, chief
of the Central Intelligence
Agency, and Dr. Hans Bernd
Gisevius, one of the few Ger-
man conspirators who escaped
death when the plot failed. He
escaped because of Mr. Dulles'
aid.
Mr. Dulles invited Dr. Gisevius
to dinner for "a sort of anniver-
sary party" recalling one of the
most amazing intrigues of World
War If.
The story began when Mr.
Dulles went to Switzerland late
in 1942 to organize an American
espionage center. In Berne he
met Dr. Gisevius, who then was
German Vice Consul and ac-
tually a member of the Nazi
leading the nat
the anti-Nazi underground and
the two men secrr5tly worked to-
gether in encouraging the plot
that finally was climaxed by the
attempt on Hitler's life.
Through Dr. Gisevius, Mr.
Dulles was able to keep `his gov-
ernment advised of the activities
of the German underground
which reached high into, the
German military.
Hitler survived the bomb that
exploded in his secret headquar-
ters in East Prussia and ordered
a blood purge of the con-
spirators.
Dr. Gisevius, then in Germany.
hid from Hitler's agents until
Mr. Dulles managed to smugg};e
forged identification papers `.o
him. Then as. "Dr. Ini' -:dire,"
Dr. Gisevius eluded Lhe Gest a,po
and inade .his way to Switzerland
now li,Ves in
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