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Basic Information

"BND, abbreviation of Bundesnachrichtendienst, (German: “Federal Intelligence Service”), foreign intelligence agency of the West German government. Created in April 1956, it absorbed the Gehlen Organization, a covert intelligence force which was created by Major General Reinhard Gehlen after World War II and which cooperated with U.S. intelligence agencies." Encyclopædia Britannica

Books

Inside Germany's BND by Katy Schiel
Call Number: HV8208.7 .B86 .S34 2003
During the Cold War, the BND, West Germany's intelligence agency, did its job very well, keeping a close eye on East Germany and the Soviet Union.
Partners at the Creation by James H. Critchfield
Call Number: HV8208.7 .B86 C75 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Working for the Central Intelligence Agency in the years immediately following World War II, the late Critchfield served a central role in working with German generals Reinhard Gehlen and Adolf Heusinger in setting up the West German intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).
Secret Intelligence in the European States System, 1918-1989 by Jonathan Haslam (Editor); Karina Urbach (Editor)
Call Number: D424 .S37 2014
A keen interdisciplinary eye focused on developments leaves us with a far more complete understanding of secret intelligence in Europe than we've had before.