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Tuesday, January 25, 2005; Page B06

George Daniel Neagoy, 88, a retired Central Intelligence Agency agent who also owned and operated restaurants in the Washington area, died Jan. 19 at Brighton Gardens assisted living facility in Arlington. He had congestive heart failure. Mr. Neagoy was born in Romania and raised in Cleveland, where he owned a bar and then joined the Army Counterintelligence Corps during World War II. Search Paid Death Notices While working for the Call (202) 3344122 to place a paid Counterintelligence Corps after death notice. the war, Mr. Neagoy helped Search Death Notices: escort the Gestapo leader Klaus Go Barbie, whom the Americans had Death notices are searchable for 30 days. Leave field blank and click "Go" to see full been using as an agent, out of list. Share memories about friends and loved ones in the Guest books. Germany. The mission became part of The help page has more information. Operation Ratline, which moved Soviet informers and ranking _____Obituary Submissions_____ military and diplomatic defectors • Visit the obituary information page to learn about news obituary and death to safe havens. notice submissions. "Barbie was the only Nazi we Free E-mail Newsletters took out," Mr. Neagoy told The Today's Headlines & Columnists Washington Post in 1983. He See a Sample | Sign Up Now Breaking News Alerts personally escorted Barbie and at See a Sample | Sign Up Now least a dozen Soviets to safe havens from 1950 to 1951. "Barbie and his wife were frightened and concerned the whole trip, like a couple of scared dogs," Mr. Neagoy said. In 1987, Barbie was imprisoned for life for crimes against humanity. He died in 1991. Mr. Neagoy joined the CIA in 1951 and used his familiarity with Romania to help political dissidents escape the Communist regime, debrief them for the U.S. government and help them adapt to their new surroundings. He also worked in Vietnam during the early 1960s before settling in the Washington area in 1966. A longtime Bethesda resident, he had lived at Brighton Gardens since 2002. Between 1970 and 1989, he and his wife owned and operated Gourmet Snacks restaurants in Rosslyn and Washington as well as the Top of the Town restaurant in Rosslyn. He also owned and leased out real estate in the Washington area. He was a former board member of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, where he also did volunteer work. Besides English and Romanian, he spoke German, Italian, French and Spanish. His wife, Angela Badescu Neagoy, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Survivors include three daughters, Doina Neagoy of Aruba, Dutch West Indies, Monica Neagoy of Arlington and Alexandra Ville of Paris; and three granddaughters.

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