F. Mark Wyatt
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F. Mark Wyatt (1920 - June 29, 2006) was a CIA agent. He was raised in Woodland, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1942. After his war service in the US Navy he earned a degree in foreign affairs from George Washington University. He joined the CIA in 1948.
He married fellow CIA operative Ann Appleton Wyatt in 1951.
First posted to Italy, Wyatt delivered large sums of cash to Christian Democrat politicians as part a large scale operation to sway the results of the 1948 election. This operation continued until at least 1972 (24 years). In 1964 Wyatt was appointed deputy chief of the Rome station. In 1968-69 he worked with South Vietnamese intelligence services in Saigon. In 1970 Wyatt was posted to New York to spy on the UN. Posted chief of station in Luxembourg (1972 - 1975).
[edit] External links
- Transcript of CNN.com Cold War 1996 interview at George Washington University's National Security Archive. [1]
- Obituary at The New York Times Thursday, July 6, 2006.[2]
- Obituary at The Washington Post, Joe Holley, Monday, July 10, 2006.[3]
