Operation Silver
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'''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]]