Operation Silver 386272 182235619 2008-01-05T02:47:47Z Kirill Lokshin 290472 Trim redundant category '''Operation Silver''' was a British intelligence operation which ran from [[1949]] to [[1955]] that covertly tapped into the landline communications of the [[Soviet Army]] headquarters in [[Vienna]]. The operation was never discovered and ended only when [[Austria]] regained full sovereignty. The British monitoring station was disguised as a shop which sold tweed clothing. In [[1951]], when the American [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] planned a similar operation in [[Berlin]], the British revealed Operation Silver to the Americans and the two countries then jointly ran [[Operation Gold]]. '''Operation Silver''' was also the name of a British led operation against [[Taliban]] forces in [[Helmand]] province in 2007. [[Category:United Kingdom intelligence operations|Silver]]