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== Biography ==

My wife very well knows my interest in non-fiction books; especially those related to WWII in general, and the Ritchie Boys in particular. Naturally, I was pleasantly surprised when she got me this book over the holidays. It's a story that takes place in Berlin, the spy capital of the world in the 1950's, before the construction of the Berlin Wall about the greatest espionage operation of the Cold War. But neither she nor I was aware that there is a Ritchie Boy connection! Ritchie Boy [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] was an operative working out of the CIA's Berlin Operations Base. According to Chavchavadze, "Berlin had so many intelligence officers, agents and goons in it that they must have made up a measurable percentage of the population." More on RB [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] to follow.

Ritchie Boy [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] was an operative working out of the CIA's Berlin Operations Base. According to Chavchavadze, "Berlin had so many intelligence officers, agents and goons in it that they must have made up a measurable percentage of the population." More on RB [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] to follow. My wife very well knows my interest in non-fiction books; especially those related to WWII in general, and the Ritchie Boys in particular.

It's a story that takes place in Berlin, the spy capital of the world in the 1950's, before the construction of the Berlin Wall about the greatest espionage operation of the Cold War.

== Research notes ==

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 == Biography ==
-My wife very well knows my interest in non-fiction books; especially those related to WWII in general, and the Ritchie Boys in particular. Naturally, I was pleasantly surprised when she got me this book over the holidays. It's a story that takes place in Berlin, the spy capital of the world in the 1950's, before the construction of the Berlin Wall about the greatest espionage operation of the Cold War. But neither she nor I was aware that there is a Ritchie Boy connection! Ritchie Boy [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] was an operative working out of the CIA's Berlin Operations Base. According to Chavchavadze, "Berlin had so many intelligence officers, agents and goons in it that they must have made up a measurable percentage of the population." More on RB [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] to follow.
+Ritchie Boy [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] was an operative working out of the CIA's Berlin Operations Base. According to Chavchavadze, "Berlin had so many intelligence officers, agents and goons in it that they must have made up a measurable percentage of the population." More on RB [[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]] to follow. My wife very well knows my interest in non-fiction books; especially those related to WWII in general, and the Ritchie Boys in particular.
+It's a story that takes place in Berlin, the spy capital of the world in the 1950's, before the construction of the Berlin Wall about the greatest espionage operation of the Cold War.
 == Research notes ==