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'''Bill C. West''' (1917–2007) was an American Ritchie Boy ([[Class 24]]) trained in counterintelligence at [[Camp Ritchie]] who later served in Army CIC and the CIA. | |||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Bill C. West was born in 1917. Because of his French and German language skills, he was sent to the Counter Intelligence Corps school at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland ([[Class 24]]), where he was first exposed to Soviet studies through instructors who included defectors. | |||
West later worked for Army Counter Intelligence during World War II and the Korean War period and for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1955 until his retirement in 1977, including work connected with Soviet literature and clandestine distribution of samizdat. A 1984 profile described him as a scholar of Soviet literature and politics living in Reston, Virginia. | |||
West died in 2007. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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Bill_West_0583608_Times_News_1984_profile.pdf|Idaho Times-News / Washington Post profile of Bill West (CIC, Camp Ritchie, CIA) (RB Archive). | |||
Bill_West_0583608_Times_News_1984-12-20.pdf|The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), 20 December 1984, Bill West profile (RB Archive). | |||
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* 1917 — Born. | |||
* Camp Ritchie Class 24 — CIC / counterintelligence training (French and German). | |||
* WWII / Korea era — Army Counter Intelligence Corps work. | |||
* 1955–1977 — Central Intelligence Agency. | |||
* 1984 — Profiled in ''The Times-News'' (Idaho) / Washington Post feature on Soviet literature work. | |||
* 2007 — Died. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Camp Ritchie | * David Remnick, profile of Bill West (Soviet literature / CIC / CIA), ''The Times-News'' (Twin Falls, Idaho), 20 December 1984 ([[:File:Bill_West_0583608_Times_News_1984-12-20.pdf|PDF]]; via Washington Post). | ||
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | |||
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | |||
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||