James H. Critchfield

James H. Critchfield (d. April 23, 2003) was the CIA's chief of the Near East and South Asia division. He also served as the CIA's national intelligence officer for energy in the 1970s and after he retired, he became an energy policy consultant in the Middle East, serving such clients as the Sultan of Oman[?]. Critchfield served as the president of a Honeywell, Inc.[?] subsidiary called Tetra Tech International[?].

Critchfield joined the CIA in 1948 after serving with distinction in the United States Army in the European theater of World War II. He was tasked with exploiting the fallen Third Reich's intelligence organizations to gather information about the Soviet Union. This work, which led to the creation of the post-war West German intelligence apparatus, often required collaboration with Nazi war criminals.

See also:

• Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act[?]
• Reinhard Gehlen[?]

External Links and References

• Washington Post obituary (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27714-2003Apr23)
• Associated Press obituary at ABCNews (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030423_1364)