Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of people with the necessary security clearance and need to know, and mishandling of the material can incur criminal penalties. Resource nato secret army of the cold war 315p document. Fm 3031b, stability operations, intelligence special fields. Staybehind operations were prepared in many nato member countries, and some neutral countries. This article was first posted on gr in january 2016. Nato registry documents are marked with an alphanumeric identifier located in the upper right corner of the cover page and by a nato security classification i. Department of agricultures classification management program under the reducing overclassification act, september 20 control and protection of sensitive security information, usda departmental regulation 344002, 30 january 2003 pdf. Daniele ganser, author of the seminal book natos secret armies. Nato secret ns this security classification is applied to information the unauthorized disclosure of. Nato strategic communications policy public intelligence. Countries are represented with iso 3166 trigraphic codes.
Ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading natos secret armies. Vienna, ministry of foreign affairs and military adviser to the oscc 19912002. Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Documents classified nato restricted shall be packaged and mailed as u. Command sergeant major robert dean, natos secret ufo. The term nato classified information pertains to information that represents military, political, and. Except for cosmic top secret and atomal information, classified information may be extracted from nato documents for incorporation into a classified document prepared for a u. The nato classification for top secret information. Building on this data and secondary sources from numerous european countries, natos secret armies confirms for the first time that the secret networks spread across western europe, with great details on networks in. There are 2,600 rolls of 16mm microfilm and 111 lf paper records currently at the cusr. Ais storage media shall be handled as described in cm200249 and its supporting directives. The research project into natos secret armies that is being undertaken by the center for security studies at the swiss federal institute of technology eth, zurich, and is headed by daniele ganser, has collected and published the available countryspecific evidence in the first englishlanguage book on the topic, entitled natos secret armies. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies kindle edition by ganser, daniele.
Bookstreatises natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe by daniele ganser operation gladio the unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by paul l. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, who joins us for a fascinating though at times unsettling conversation on the subject of operation gladio shortly after wwii a europewide network of secret armies was organised. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, daniele ganser described their clandestine cold war operations, run by european secret services, collaborating with nato, the cia and britain s mi6 and secret intelligence service sis against a possible soviet invasion, internal communist takeovers, or others on the political left gaining power. Kfor adopts new criteria for silver sabre 2020 visit from international human rights master students. Next to the cpc, a second secret army command center, labeled allied.
The soviet union, and after the mid1950s the soviet bloc, consistently had greater numbers of troops, tanks, planes, guns, and other equipment. Natos secret armies daniele ganser this fascinating book shows how the cia and the british secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance nato and european military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anticommunist armies in western europe after world war ii. In 1990 the italian secret army was exposed by italian prime minister giulio andreotti to the italian senate, whereupon the press spoke of the best kept, and most damaging, politicalmilitary secret since world war ii. This report written by daniele ganser is based on excerpts from his book, nato s secret armies. For detailed descriptions of these and a full list of all available series. Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine staybehind operations of armed resistance. Todays information environment, characterized by a 247 news cycle, the rise of social networking sites, and the interconnectedness of audiences in and beyond nato nations territory, directly affects how nato actions are perceived by key audiences. Dec 17, 2004 it s the story of secret rightwingnazi armies setup by the u. In 1990, following frances denial of any staybehind french army, giulio andreotti publicly said the last allied clandestine committee acc meeting, at which the french branch of gladio was present, had been on october 23 and 24, 1990, under the presidency of. Secret rel to usa, jpn this is the portion marking for a portion. Nato restricted documents do not required double wrapping. The cusr has copies of nato documents since nato s beginning in april 1949.
Peer henrik hansen, a scholar at roskilde university, wrote two scathing criticisms of the book for the international journal of intelligence and counterintelligence and the journal of intelligence history, describing gansers work as a journalistic book with a big spoonful of conspiracy theories that fails to present proof of and an indepth explanation of the claimed. According to a document compiled by the italian military secret service in. Nato nations and nato civil and military bodies shall introduce. Department of defense dod information enterprise architecture. According to secret and longhidden documents, the joint chiefs of staff drew up and approved plans for what may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the u. The author is a swiss researcher who has nicely managed to document in one volume the modus operandi of a secret staybehind army in europe which operated. A february 18, 2005, report in the moscow times refers to a book, natos secret armies. Its the story of secret rightwingnazi armies setup by the u.
The following list covers the major nato civil and military bodies with publicly disclosed material. Read news, watch videos and explore our chronicle magazine. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe london. What were nato up to, and do their secret armies still control europe. In a second step, the project is working on gaining access to. Kennan, the architect of americas policy of containment and a frequent critic of its execution, was u. Nato documentation may be destroyed in accordance with existing procedures, unless. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
This document contains nato classified information will be marked on the outside and safeguarded accordingly. Top secret rel to usa, egy, isr each country code is separated by a. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, by daniele ganser excerpt on fm 3031b below. Standardization agreements stanags this page contains the stanags developed through the c3b substructure. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, who joins us for a fascinating though at times unsettling conversation on the subject of operation gladio.
A stanag is a normative document that records an agreement among several or all nato member. Official texts of the alliance, from the treaty and its protocols to the partnership for peace documents, as well as the complete texts of all nato ministerial communiques since 1949. Secretrel to usa, jpn this is the portion marking for a portion. Ar 3805 and us 1, department of the army information security program. Nato confidential nc this security classification is applied to information the unauthorized disclosure of which would be damaging to the interests of nato. Other government documents on secrecy and security policy. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, daniele ganser described their clandestine cold war operations, run by european secret services, collaborating with nato, the cia and britains mi6 and secret intelligence service sis against a possible soviet invasion, internal communist takeovers, or others on the political left gaining power. Mar 14, 2018 but evidence shows these leftwing terrorists were really part of a rightwing network of secret armies set up by nato.
Most sensitively the belgian parliamentarians discovered that the secret nato army was still active. This public document was automatically mirrored from pdfy. Top secretrel to usa, egy, isr each country code is separated by a. Information security program united states army training. State department conducted an internal assessment of its communications efforts that admitted that the nato led coalition is losing the social media war with. Nato commanders and cusrpgs operational planning documents 20. Dratt summary record 29th mtg of mccs referred to dec 2 6 1962 date ims control distributiont a b c elo fil l nato secret 1 this document consists sgwm7962 of 15 pages nato secret. Documents about the author documentary on the book launch of natos secret armies. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup. Applies to osd, the military departments, the office of the chairman of the joint chiefs.
Kevin randle concerning deans claims of having read a cosmic top secret nato study called the assessment while serving in the operations center of natos supreme headquarters allied powers in. At a time when experts are debating whether nato is suited to deal. Among the smoking guns unearthed by ganser is a pentagon document, field manual fm 3031b, which details the methodology for launching terrorist attacks in nations that do not react with. What follows is an interview where csm robert dean responds to a number of criticisms raised by maj. Central united states registry nato north atlantic treaty. With the top secret military liaison mission in east germany annapolis, md naval. Operation gladio natos secret wars operacion gladio. This page is open to all who have access to any of the nc3info websites without any additional access procedures. The author is a swiss researcher who has nicely managed to document in one volume the modus operandi of a secret staybehind army in europe which operated since the end of wwii until the end of the cold war. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, released this week by frank cass in london. Kevin randle concerning deans claims of having read a cosmic top secret nato study called the assessment while serving in the operations center of natos supreme headquarters allied powers in europe.
The book describes nato s clandestine operations during the cold war. The us army in the cold war, 19511962 us army center of. Nato information is exempt from declassification or downgrading. Standing group groupe permanent memorandum for the standing group subject. But evidence shows these leftwing terrorists were really part of a rightwing network of secret armies set up by nato. Since that never occurred, these secret armies ended up taking part in numerous falseflag terrorist operations they blamed on the left. S t i me t o e mbrace me me t i c w arf are natos act. During the cold war, turkey guarded a third of natos total borders with warsaw pact countries and operated the largest armed forces in europe and the second largest in nato after the united states. Report by the ad hoc intelligence working group reference. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies.
The overall security classification of a document shall be at least as high as. Nato secret or nato confidential material within the u. A document dated 1 june 1959 from the italian military secret service, sifar, revealed that sifar had been running the secret army with the. The cusr has copies of nato documents since natos beginning in april 1949. For detailed descriptions of these and a full list of all available series, as well as 40. After 90 days, paper copy documents are microfilmed for entry in the registry s archive. After 90 days, paper copy documents are microfilmed for entry in the registrys archive. This document proved that a cia and natolinked secret army codenamed gladio had existed in italy during the cold war, yet further original documents were very hard to come by. The western european powers created the north atlantic treaty organization nato precisely to fight that expected war but the strength they could marshal remained limited. Cosmic top secret cts this security classification is applied to information the unauthorized. The book provides a complete documentation of the general patterns of this army across europe that if taken in isolation would seem. Operation gladio and natos staybehind armies introduction after the cold war had ended, then italian prime minister giulio andreotti confirmed to the italian senate in august 1990 that italy had had a secret staybehind army, codenamed gladio the sword.
Ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe 2005. Copies of the document that are released to nato will be marked as nato documents. There is no requirement to copy this format or literary style. Sgm37464, 27 oct 64 attached at enclosure 1 is a memorandum from the steering. They found that a secret meeting of generals directing the secret staybehind armies in the numerous countries in western europe had been held in the secret natolinked gladio headquarters acc as recently as october 23 and 24, 1990. Bices operates at the nato secret classification level. A selection of the most important official texts organized by type.
Information security oversight office national archives. Air force declassified a trove of documents, including records of a secret program to build a flying saucertype aircraft designed to shoot down soviet bombers. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of people with the necessary security clearance and need to know, and mishandling of the material can incur criminal penalties a formal security clearance is required to view or handle classified documents or to. Connectivity with bices allows secure web and email with over 65,000 nato and national users and secure voice or video with over 700 users worldwide. Kennan, the architect of america s policy of containment and a frequent critic of its execution, was u. At north atlantic treaty organization nato sites, civil construction is complete at all but one army site. Intelligence is only shortly mentioned in key nato documents, and there are some allied. Jun 03, 2014 natos secret armies daniele ganser this fascinating book shows how the cia and the british secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance nato and european military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anticommunist armies in western europe after world war ii.
Several years before turkey joined nato on april 4, 1952, a secret staybehind army was set up in the country under the codename counter. The research was prompted by a story that made world headlines in 1990 but quickly disappeared. The research was prompted by a story that made world headlines in 1990 but quickly disappeared, ensuring that even today, nato s secret armies remain just that secret. Bookstreatises nato s secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe by daniele ganser operation gladio the unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by paul l. This document proved that a cia and natolinked secret army codenamed gladio had existed in italy during the cold war, yet further. Aug 12, 2016 connectivity to the other nato nations as well as natos secret wide area network ns wan and headquarters hq natos minerva network. Find out about our history and mission, whos who at kfor and job opportunities. Highest level of us or nato information will be marked on the outside. The years represent what is currently available for the public in the nato archives reading room. This story about gladio organization is being told from point of view of a deceived insider, and an exspecial forces lt. Nato secret ns this security classification is applied to information the unauthorized disclosure of which would cause serious damage to nato. This article was first posted on gr in january 2016 our guest this week is swiss historian dr. Report by the italian military secret service sifar on operation gladio.
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