Aladár Paasonen

Colonel Aladár Antero Zoltán Béla Gyula Árpád Paasonen (December 11, 1898 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary – July 6, 1974 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, United States), known as Aladár Paasonen, was a Finnish military officer who served as Chief of Intelligence of the Finnish Defence Forces during the Continuation War, and later in the CIA.

During the Winter War, he was stationed in Paris, France, with a mission to procure weapons and equipment for the Finnish Defence Forces.

During the Continuation War, Paasonen commanded a regiment in the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia, until he was appointed Chief of Intelligence in 1942.

After the war, Paasonen, having participated in the Operation Stella Polaris and the Weapons Cache Case, relocated to Sweden, and was recruited by the French intelligence services, and later by the CIA, working for them in Western Europe in the post-war period.

In the late 1950s, the Paasonen family lived on Platenstrasse in Frankfurt[better source needed][1] while Aladár worked in the IG Farben building.