Friedrich von Boetticher
Friedrich von Boetticher was a German military officer who served as the military attaché to Washington, DC, from 1933 to 1941. During World War I, von Boetticher had served on the staff of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. Prior to his role as military attaché in Washington, D.C., he was in command of the military training academy at Jüterbog. While serving as attaché, he provided many intelligence reports to Berlin documenting the isolationist movement in the United States, and the state of military preparedness before Pearl Harbor.