Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles | |
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Född | 7 april 1893[1][2][3] Watertown, New York, USA |
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Död | 29 januari 1969[1][2][3] (75 år) Georgetown, Washington, D.C., USA |
Begravd | Green Mount Cemetery |
Medborgare i | USA |
Utbildad vid | Princeton University George Washington University Phillips Exeter Academy ![]() |
Sysselsättning | Advokat, politiker, diplomat, underrättelseofficer |
Befattning | |
O.S.S. station chief in Switzerland Styrelsemedlem Chef för CIA (1953–1961) | |
Arbetsgivare | United Fruit Company Central Intelligence Agency[4] Office of Strategic Services (1942–1945)[5] |
Politiskt parti | |
Demokratiska partiet Republikanska partiet | |
Maka | Clover Todd Dulles |
Barn | Allen Macy Dulles (f. 1930) |
Föräldrar | Allen Macy Dulles Edith Foster |
Släktingar | John Foster Dulles (syskon) Avery Dulles |
Utmärkelser | |
Sankt Georgs-medaljen | |
Redigera Wikidata |
Allen Welsh Dulles, född 7 april 1893 i Watertown, New York, död 29 januari 1969 i Washington, D.C.,[6] var en amerikansk jurist och underrättelsechef. Mellan 1953 och 1961 var han chef för CIA.[7] 1963 utsågs han till ledamot av Warrenkommissionen som fick i uppdrag att utvärdera bevismaterialet rörande mordet på John F. Kennedy.[8] Han var yngre bror till den republikanske utrikesministern John Foster Dulles.
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- ^ [a b] SNAC, Allen Dulles, läs online, läst: 9 oktober 2017.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ [a b] Find a Grave, 305, Allen Welsh Dulles, läs online, läst: 9 oktober 2017.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ [a b] Encyclopædia Britannica, Allen W. Dulles, läst: 9 oktober 2017.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ Andrew Bell, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., läs online, ”In 1948 Dulles was made chairman of a three-man committee charged with surveying the U.S. intelligence system. After the CIA was established in 1951, he served as deputy director under General Walter Bedell Smith, and in 1953 he was appointed director by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The agency was effective in a number of major operations, notably the overthrow of the governments of Mohammad Mosaddeq in Iran in 1953 and Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954. It also succeeded in obtaining a copy of Nikita Khrushchev’s secret speech of 1956 denouncing Joseph Stalin. It was, however, embarrassed by the downing of a U-2 intelligence plane over the Soviet Union on the eve of a scheduled summit conference in June 1960.Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription.Subscribe todayReappointed by President John F. Kennedy, Dulles was implicated in the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961 and resigned that autumn.”.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ Andrew Bell, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., läs online, ”When the United States entered World War II, Dulles was recruited by Colonel William J. Donovan for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), an intelligence service. From October 1942 to May 1945 he served as chief of the OSS office in Bern, playing, in particular, a notable role in the events that led to the surrender of German troops in northern Italy.”.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ ”Allen W. Dulles” (på engelska). Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allen-W-Dulles. Läst 15 juli 2018.
- ^ ”A Look Back ... Allen Dulles Becomes DCI” (på engelska). Central Intelligence Agency. Arkiverad från originalet den 26 september 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120926183147/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/allen-dulles-becomes-dci.html. Läst 15 juli 2018.
- ^ Gerhard, Peter; Woolley, John T.. ”Lyndon B. Johnson: Executive Order 11130 - Appointing a Commission To Report Upon the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy” (på engelska). The American Presidency Project. University of California. Arkiverad från originalet den 4 december 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171054/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26032. Läst 15 juli 2018.
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