David Murphy (CIA)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people with the same name, see David Murphy.

David Murphy (June 23, 1921–August 28, 2014) was the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in Berlin from 1959 to 1961. In that position, he advised John F. Kennedy on how to react to the construction of the Berlin Wall. Subsequently, he became chief of the CIA's Soviet Russia operation division.

In 1997, he and his counterpart, former KGB Berlin Chief , co-wrote , a memoir of the Cold War.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "David Murphy, Soviet ops chief at CIA, dies". Washington Post. September 9, 2014.

External links[]


Stub icon

This biography of a person who has held a non-elected position in the federal government of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""