Bears in the Caviar
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. Third Impression [stated]. Hardcover. 288 pages. Ink notation on fep. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears, and chips. Charles W. Thayer (February 9, 1910– August 27, 1969) was an American diplomat and author. He was an expert on Soviet-American relations and headed the Voice of America. In 1937, Thayer became a Foreign Service Officer, after passing his exams. In 1942, he was appointed chargé d'affaires in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1942. He was assigned for a time to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in Belgrade. Thayer served in London on the European Advisors Committee which drafted the German terms of surrender at the end of World War II. He attended the Naval War College for a year at the end of the war. After the war, Thayer headed the OSS in Austria and served on the Joint United States-Soviet Commission on Korea. He played a key role in developing the secret Office of Policy Coordination, later merged into the CIA, to counter and destabilize the Soviets. More