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are Hydra-Steve's memories all the altered,hydra-centric 'memories'? What about all the post-thawing experiences?
So what type of costume, if any, will Hydra-Steve use now? Is he to be the new Grand Director? Is the first G.D. still around?

Is Anti-Cap still around? (early 00's Priest written Cap & Falcon series)
Yes, all of Hydra!Cap's memories are false, since he was a duplicate implanted with false memories from childhood on up (meaning Hydra!Steve's entire history was fake) while real!Steve was stashed away at the Vanishing Point.

Not sure what he'll be wearing. We have yet to see if the artist, Adam Kubert, will give him a new uniform because the issue where he gets sprung from prison hasn't happened yet (it's this week's issue, Captain America #8).

As for the Grand Director... There is a hint that the recently brought-back-from-the-dead Aleksander Lukin is actually Red Skull, or believes himself to be Red Skull, one or the other. We don't know if his wife Alexa Lukin knows this yet of her husband, but she was the one who just organized for Hydra!Steve to get a full presidential pardon in the preview pages for this week's Cap, so this will probably all tie together soon enough. Coates is only 7 issues in (8 this Wednesday) and Mark Waid didn't address anything about Secret Empire at all during his short run the year prior, so all of the chess pieces are still being set up. It will be interesting to see how this plays out because as we know Hydra!Steve was the one who killed Red Skull, so if Aleksander Lukin being Red Skull is not common knowledge yet, if this is something he is keeping close to his chest while his wife enacts the grand plan she has independently of her husband's return, there could be some internal conflict between the two. I can't imagine Red Skull is very happy with Hydra!Steve for a multitude of reasons, even though, ultimately, Hydra!Steve was his own brainchild that ran away from him.

Meanwhile, real!Steve, our Steve, knows none of this... yet.