Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4).
The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4). © Stéphane Oiry
The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This third episode looks back at how the service almost turned its war chest into an investment fund. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Antoine Izambard, Franck Renaud
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