Robert Solberg | |
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Nickname(s) | "Rene Solborg" |
Born | 18 February 1892 Warsaw, Poland |
Died | March 1979 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands | Special Operations Command |
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Robert A. Solberg (Solborg) was a soldier and spy during World War I and World War II, becoming a key figure in the development of the Office of the Coordinator of Information and the Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency.[1][2]
He served as an officer in the Czar's Army in World War I, fled Russia after the Russian Civil War, and performed espionage work for the British while acting undercover as an international businessman in the interwar period, at the order of the Americans Millard Preston Goodfellow and the G-2.[1][3][4]