Paul B. Henze


Paul Bernard Henze was a writer, Central Intelligence Agency operative and American broadcaster with Radio Free Europe. Henze was the CIA station chief for Ethiopia and Turkey during the 1960s and 1970s.
Henze graduated from St. Olaf College and Harvard University. During the Presidency of [Jimmy Carter|Carter Administration] he served as a deputy to National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. He was encouraged Zbigniew Brzezinski in the formation of the Nationalities Working Group in 1978, of which Henze was appointed head. Influenced by his friend Alexandre Bennigsen, this group advocated the promotion of Islamism as a tool for undermining Soviet hegemony in Central Asia.
Henze wrote The Plot to Kill the Pope in which advocated the view that the Pope [John Paul II assassination attempt#The "Bulgarian Connection"|Soviet Union was involved] in an assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.

Works

Henze has published 156 works, including:
  • Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia
  • The Plot to Kill the Pope
  • ''The Horn of Africa: From War to Peace''

    Personal life

Henze died on May 19, 2011 in Culpeper, Virginia due to complications from a stroke.