Frank Wisner

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American diplomat human intelligence officer

Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.

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Frank G. Wisner	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ
affiliation	United States government ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Virginia ⓘ University of Virginia School of Law ⓘ
employer	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Office of Strategic Services ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName	Wisner ⓘ
fieldOfWork	covert operations ⓘ intelligence ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ
givenName	Frank ⓘ
hasRelative	Frank Wisner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frank G. Wisner Graham Wisner ⓘ
influenced	U.S. Cold War strategy of political warfare ⓘ
influencedBy	George F. Kennan ⓘ Harry S. Truman administration foreign policy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	being a key architect of early U.S. covert operations ⓘ directing anti-communist operations in Europe ⓘ helping to establish the CIA’s covert action capabilities ⓘ leading U.S. efforts to influence political developments in Europe after World War II ⓘ pioneering large-scale political influence campaigns abroad ⓘ
notableWork	development of early U.S. covert action programs during the Cold War ⓘ organization of psychological warfare operations against the Soviet bloc ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
participantIn	U.S. occupation administration in postwar Germany ⓘ World War II ⓘ early Cold War covert operations ⓘ
partOf	United States national security apparatus ⓘ surface form: U.S. national security establishment
positionHeld	Deputy Director for Plans of the CIA ⓘ head of Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Europe ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Office of Strategic Services → employed → Frank Wisner ⓘ

Office of Policy Coordination → employer → Frank Wisner ⓘ

Office of Policy Coordination → firstDirector → Frank Wisner ⓘ

Frank Wisner → hasRelative → Frank Wisner self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frank G. Wisner

Office of Policy Coordination → notableDirector → Frank Wisner ⓘ

OPC → notableDirector → Frank Wisner ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination

OPC → notablePersonnel → Frank Wisner ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination