00:00My name is Peter Cichel.
00:02I'm 100 years old.
00:04I was the head of the CIA in Berlin
00:06and worked in Washington with the CIA
00:09and ultimately ended up at the Stephen's Station in Hong Kong.
00:17There are two forces in the world.
00:19One run from Moscow, the other run from Washington.
00:23Everything that happens in the world
00:25is a small piece of that larger conflict.
00:28Peter was the one who lobbied Washington
00:31to say, look, the real game are the Soviets.
00:34It was the beginning of the Cold War.
00:36It was the object of huge amounts of money,
00:39huge amounts of propaganda,
00:41huge amounts of covert operations.
00:44Well, I really want to know if he killed somebody.
00:46I've asked him and he never has answered.
00:49He is definitely good at keeping secrets.
00:51Something we would probably wish on.
00:54When the CIA came to him and said,
00:56we can overthrow governments
00:58and change the directions of entire nations.
01:00Someone like Eisenhower would have said,
01:02tell me more.
01:04We were involved in getting rid of Montetech.
01:08We got rid of our banks.
01:10We tried several things against the Karno.
01:13The civilians probably did not even know
01:15what communism meant.
01:17There was no basis to any communist conspiracy.
01:20There was quite outspoken about it.
01:23Somebody accused me of being disloyal,
01:27a Soviet agent.
01:28Did you ever talk about the FBI investigation of him?
01:32No, never.
01:34Collecting reliable intelligence is difficult enough,
01:37but people in high places have an idea
01:41of what it should be.
01:43And if the intelligence doesn't fit,
01:45they don't believe the intelligence.
01:47So why did you stay?
01:49It's like being on a drug.
01:51It is a fascinating thing.
01:54It's like being on a drug.
01:56It's like being on a drug.
01:58It's like being on a drug.
01:59It's like being on a drug.
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