Robert Solberg
Robert Solberg | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Military Attache in Brussels | |
| In office 1945–1948 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| U.S. Military Attache in Lisbon | |
| In office 1942–1944 | |
| Chief of Special Operations of COI | |
| In office 9 October 1941 – February 1942 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Millard Preston Goodfellow |
| U.S. Military Attache in Paris | |
| In office 1917–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1892 |
| Died | March 1979 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire (1910s–1917) United States (1917–1948) |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1910s–1917 1917–1919 (active) 1919–1940 (reserve) 1940–1948 (active) |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | |
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Robert A. Solberg (Solborg) was a soldier and spy during World War I and World War II, becoming a key figure in the development of the Office of the Coordinator of Information and the Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency.
He served as an officer in the Czar's Army in World War I, fled Russia after the Russian Civil War, and performed espionage work for the British while acting undercover as an international businessman in the interwar period, at the order of the Americans Millard Preston Goodfellow and the G-2.