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William Earl Nelson served as a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] officer from 1948, operating under military and [[State Department]] covers, primarily in the Far East. Japanese newspapers exposed his intelligence identity after discovering he was asking travelers to the Soviet Union to collect soil samples near Russian missile bases.[^1]
As deputy director of operations (the head of all CIA covert operations worldwide) Nelson oversaw the agency's controversial destabilization program in [[Chile]], which culminated in the overthrow and murder of Chile's elected president Salvador Allende. He later commanded Operation Feature, a covert plan to install a pro-American government in Angola following the former Portuguese colony's independence in 1975. Nelson was named as a defendant in a civil suit filed by the widow of an American mercenary the CIA recruited for the Angolan operation; the widow alleged the CIA misled her husband about the hopelessness of his mission and then smeared his reputation after he was killed. The suit was eventually dismissed.[^1]
As deputy director of operations (the head of all CIA covert operations worldwide) Nelson oversaw the agency's controversial destabilization program in [[Chile]], which culminated in the overthrow and murder of Chile's elected president [[Salvador Allende]]. He later commanded Operation Feature, a covert plan to install a pro-American government in Angola following the former Portuguese colony's independence in 1975. Nelson was named as a defendant in a civil suit filed by the widow of an American mercenary the CIA recruited for the Angolan operation; the widow alleged the CIA misled her husband about the hopelessness of his mission and then smeared his reputation after he was killed. The suit was eventually dismissed.[^1]
Nelson was a protégé of former CIA director [[William Colby]].[^1]