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Approved For Release 2007/10/19: CIA-RDP07X00001 R000100010001-9 PBJOINTLY (the Berlin Tunnel project) came into being sometime in 1952 (the exact date cannot be established) and ceased as an active operation in the summer of 1956. The writer served an Headquarters case officer on the project from the winter of 1952-1953 until the summer of 1954 and then as the field case officer until February 1955. ja senipr Office of Communications officer in the project; Mr. William K. Harvey, Chief, Berlin Operating Base, 1952-1958; and y1/Division D, 1952-1958, were intimately associated with the planning and implementation of the project at the policy level and very kindly offered suggestions for the preparation of this manuscript. Their comments have been incorporated and are greatly appreciated. Several other individuals,! who were in a position to offer valuable advice were absent from Headquarters during the period the paper was being prepared and thus unavailable to assist.