Athens CIA station
The US Embassy in Athens pictured in 2006 (ChristosV, CC3.0).
The CIA station in Athens was an active centre of covert political action for much of the early Cold War. In 1975, station chief Richard Welch was shot dead outside his home, becoming the highest-ranking CIA officer killed in the line of duty up to that point.
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