FILE 016: PART II - Meet the Legendary Black CIA Officer who Made Cold War History

PART TWO: CIA OPERATIONS. In Part One of this
special two-part episode, George E. Hocker, Jr.—the trailblazing
Black CIA operations officer who joined the Agency in the 1950s
and ultimately rose to its seniormost ranks—shared with Dee and
Walter the trials and triumphs of undergoing CIA operations,
paramilitary, and survival training—and doing so as the only
Black officer in his class. But George’s career with the Agency
was just getting started—and only going to get more intense. In
Part Two, you’ll hear about the CIA operations George led
overseas—directly from this legendary CIA officer himself. Tune
in to learn how George ended up on the wrong end of an AK-47
rifle, in the middle of a mystery that had beguiled the local CIA
station for years, and tasked with getting a key Soviet officer
sharing information with CIA to safety under cover of darkness.
It’s a journey that’ll see George overcome discrimination and
break down barriers at Langley, serve as a trusted advisor to not
one but two Directors of Central Intelligence, and ultimately
achieve a feat still considered a Cold War espionage first. 
 



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Want to dive deeper into today’s episode? Here's a look into more
of Langley's (unclassified) files:
 
Read more about George E. Hocker, Jr.’s remarkable career—and see
photos from his time at CIA, including his original Agency job
offer letter—here.


Want to follow in George’s footsteps and become one of the CIA
operations officers gathering intelligence across the globe to
keep Americans and others around the world safe? Apply here.
 


Interested in the other high-impact CIA Directorate of Operations
jobs? Check out the Collection Management Officer, Targeting
Officer, Staff Operations Officer, Directorate of Operations
Language Officer positions.





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