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Gustav Hilger

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German diplomat

GermanyWritersLived 1886 to 1965 · aged 78
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Gustav Arthur Hilger was a German diplomat and expert on the Soviet Union. He was best known for his role in German-Soviet relations during the interwar period as a counselor at the German embassy in Moscow. After World War II, he advised the United States and the West German governments on Soviet issues.

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Gustav Hilger (centre) at a meeting of Molotov and Hitler, Berlin, 1940.Gustav Hilger (centre) at a meeting of Molotov and Hitler, Berlin, 1940.

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1957Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Gustav Arthur Hilger was a German diplomat and expert on the Soviet Union. He was best known for his role in German-Soviet relations during the interwar period as a counselor at the German embassy in Moscow. After World War II, he advised the United States and the West German governments on Soviet issues. Hilger worked under the CIA aliases Stephen H. Holcomb and Arthur T. Latter. Joseph Stalin said of Hilger: "German heads of state and German ambassadors to Moscow came and went - but Gustav Hilger remained".

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Germany
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1886 to 1965 · aged 78
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