Albion, im a curator historian here at the International Spy museum in washington d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligence related artifacts in the world. Today, we are going to be looking at cold war berlin. After world war ii ended, germany was divided between the victors. That is the united states, france, the United Kingdom and this soviet union. The soviet union occupied the east and the other three countries occupied the west. That included the capital city of berlin which was also divided into four sectors. One for each of the victors. The soviets occupied the eastern zone of berlin and the three western powers occupying the western zone of berlin. This was the start of the division of germany and the division of berlin after the war. That division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. The wall was put up by the east germans ostensibly to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east germany and
Recorded this event in november of 2017. We are fortunate to have an old friend with us, richard schroeder, a former officer with the cia clandestine service. He began his career under the cia in 1972. After two years in the army as an Intelligence Officer for the army stuff in washington, the u. S. Military command in vietnam. He consults on National Security and teaches that georgetown. He is a founding Advisory Board member here at the International Spy museum. He is the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia, harry truman, the missouri gang, and the origins of the cold war. You are not here to listen to me talk. Rick, come on up. [applause] thank you for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. As vince said, i have been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. For the last 20 years, i have taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. In teaching at georgetown, i have discovered, as well as from participating
Tracy walder is coauthor of the unexpected spine, from the cia to the fbi. My secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. She sits down on her time as a cia special Operations Officer in the aftermath of of the september 11 terrorist attacks. She also discusses her decision to leave the cia to become an fbi special agent, focusing on chinese counterintelligence. The International Spy museum recorded this event in february. Good evening everyone and thank you for coming out on this gloomy washington, d. C. Evening, to the International Spy museum. I am the executive director of the International Spy museum. I am excited to introduce this program with former c. I. A. Officers officer, fbi special agent, now author, tracy walder. Tracy joined the cia straight out of college and served as a staff Operations Officer the counterterrorism center, where she was responsible for tracking down terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. She went on to become an fbi speci
To find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could which it occurred. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of e. Bert garlick keen wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said flour in the city is , 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparations. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretarys scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. And this price schedule he
Lectures in history on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv and lectures in history available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. Tracy walder is coauthor of the unexpected spy. From the cia to the fbi my secret life taking down some of the most notorious terrorists. Next, she sits down as a special Operations Officer in the immediate aftermath of the 9 11 attacks, and focusing on chinese counterintelligence. The International Spy museum recorded this event in february. Good evening, everyone and thank you for coming out on this gloomy, washington, d. C. , evening to the International Spy museum. Im chris costa. Im the executive director of the International Spy museum. Im really excited to introduce this program with former cia Operations Officer, fbi special agent now author tracy walder. Tracy joined the cia straight out of college and served as a staff Operations Officer at the Counter Terrorism center where she was responsible for trac