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  1. Copeland was born in London, England, to Miles Axe Copeland Jr., a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer from Birmingham, Alabama, US; and Lorraine Adie, a Scottish archaeologist who worked in British intelligence. [1] They had three sons: Ian, Miles, and Stewart, and a daughter, Leonora.

    • “Man in A Suitcase” – Miles Discovers His First Love, Jazz
    • “When The World Is Running Down” – Miles Becomes A Spy
    • “Tea in The Sahara” – Welcome to The Cia
    • “Walking in Your Footsteps” – How A Cia Officer Fathered A Musical Dynasty

    Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1916, Miles was frequently sick as a young boy, at one point being confined to his house for two years before recuperating enough to go out. Despite his early childhood illnesses, Miles grew into a tall man, standing six foot three and topped with thin blonde hair. Miles’ family had already mapped out his future for h...

    With the outbreak of WWII, Miles joined the U.S. Army working in the divisional Finance Office of the National Guard Armory. He took the Army General Classification Test (similar to an I.Q. test) and scored incredibly high, so high in fact that the Army suspected him of cheating. They instructed him to retake the test, which he did, and scored even...

    In 1945—when the Truman administration dismantled the OSS—its analytic, collection, and counterintelligence functions were transferred to the State and War departments. Renamed the “Strategic Services Unit,” Miles stayed with the organization throughout this and additional transitions, and he assisted in creating the blueprints for the CIA when it ...

    When Miles wasn’t busy recruiting spies and writing books, he spent time with his large family. He met his wife Lorraine Adie early in his career at an English Speaking Union reception for U.S. troops during WWII. The daughter of a neurosurgeon, she was also an intelligence officer, employed by the British Special Operations Executive. She later be...

  2. Apr 26, 2024 · Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Copeland joined the U.S. Army in 1940. Assigned to the Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC), he transferred in 1942 to the new Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the first U.S. secret intelligence agency.

  3. Sep 11, 2021 · The Police’s stratospheric success enabled Miles Copeland to start his influential I.R.S label through a deal with A&M Records in 1979.

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  4. Aug 7, 2020 · Miles Copeland Jr was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916. During the second world war he was a US agent stationed in London, where he was involved in the disinformation campaign preceding...

  5. Miles Axe Copeland Jr. (July 16, 1916January 14, 1991) was an American musician, businessman, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) founding member [1] best known for his relationship with Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser and his public commentary on intelligence matters. [2]

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  7. Jul 8, 2021 · Miles Copeland was born in 1944. He and brothers Stewart and Ian grew up in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, where the family had a chauffeur, two nannies, five gardeners, a chief cook, assistant cook...

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