Unsealed documents from the spy agency reveal a US agent was told by a “trusted” source that the Third Reich boss was not dead and hiding out in South America.
The suspected Hitler’s picture was even presented to the agent, scanned and sent back to the CIA.
It is claimed the Fuhrer didn’t commit suicide in his Berlin bunker, but instead fled to Colombia.
Conspiracy theorists often claim Hitler survived the end of World War 2 – despite him officially being recorded dead by the Allies.
The revelation comes as researchers around the world trawl through the newly declassified JFK files – hoping to shed some light on his assassination in Dallas in 1963.
Marked “secret”, the memo was wired from the head of CIA’s bureau in Carcas, Venezuela, on October 3, 1955.
The bombshell document was sent to the head of spy agency’s Western Hemisphere Division, who wold have been Joseph Cadwell King.
King is believed to advocated the assassinations of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, and was also instrumental in overthrowing Brazilian president Joao Goulart in 1964.
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Codenamed agent Cimelody-3 reports a former member of Hitler’s brutal secret police the SS claimed Hitler “is still alive”.
The trooper, named Philip Citroen, is said to have been in contact with Hitler once a month in Colombia.
The CIA document reads: “[Citroen] also stated Hitler left Colombia for Argentina around January, 1955.
“Citroen commented that inasmuch as ten years have passed since the end of World War 2, the allies could no longer prosecute Hitler as a criminal of war.”
Agent Cimelody-3 requested a picture, which was provided to him – featuring Citroen and a man with a chilling resemblance to the Furher.
This bombshell memo is 100% authentic and is available via the CIA’s own archives site – which contains all declassified files.
Conspiracy theorists have often claimed Hitler survived the war due to the bizarre circumstance of his death.
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Officially as the Red army closed in Hitler shot himself, and then his body was burned by Soviet soldiers.
Russian authorities also claimed Hitler was still alive – with Joseph Stalin outright denying it to US President Harry Truman.
Theories persist to this day, and even this year a fake news story about a man claiming to be Hitler went viral.
However, subsequent Western-led investigations suggest the Furher is indeed dead – despite alleged sightings recorded by the CIA and FBI.
The most common theory of Hitler’s survival is that he stashed stolen Nazi treasure before fleeing with his wife Eva Braun to South America.
Argentina is long associated with claims of surviving Nazis, with conspiracy theorists even claiming it was the base for a surviving wing of the SS.
Historians have rubbished all theories suggesting Hitler survived World War 2, content that he committed suicide in the Fuhrerbunker on April 30, 1945.