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| + | |birth_date=20 December 1906 | ||
| + | |death_date=21 February 1993 | ||
| + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_White | ||
| + | |birth_place=Tonbridge, Kent | ||
| + | |namebase=http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=White,+Dick,+Goldsmith | ||
| + | |spartacus=http://spartacus-educational.com/SSwhite.htm | ||
| + | |birth_name= Dick Goldsmith White | ||
| + | |death_place=Sussex | ||
| + | |nationality=British | ||
|employment={{job | |employment={{job | ||
| − | |title= | + | |title=Coordinator for Intelligence and Security |
| − | |start= | + | |start=1968 |
| − | |end= | + | |end=1973 |
| + | |description=The first holder of this position. | ||
}}{{job | }}{{job | ||
| − | |title= Director General of MI5 | + | |title=Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service |
| − | |start=1953 | + | |start=May 1956 |
| − | |end=1956 | + | |end=1968 |
| + | |appointer=Anthony Eden | ||
| + | |description=Appointed as something of a snub to SIS | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Director General of MI5 | ||
| + | |start=November 1953 | ||
| + | |end=May 1956 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Deputy Director General of MI5 | ||
| + | |start=15 May 1953 | ||
| + | |end=November 1953 | ||
| + | |description=Exact start date is tentative - may have been a few days earlier. | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | Sir [[Dick White]] | + | Sir [[Dick White]] was head of the [[Security Service]] from 1953 to May 1956<ref name="atoz">''The A to Z of British Intelligence'', [[Nigel West]]</ref>, and head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from May 1956 until the end of 1968, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref> |
| + | ==MI5== | ||
White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "[[Double Cross]]" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref> | White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "[[Double Cross]]" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ===Leadership=== |
| − | + | White replaced [[Guy Liddell]] as [[Deputy Director General of MI5|Deputy Director General]] on (or maybe a few days before)<ref>http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/</ref> 15 May, 1953 and became [[Director General of MI5|Director General]] that November. | |
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| + | ==MI6== | ||
| + | In May 1956, infuriated by the [[Buster Crabb affair]], [[UK Prime Minister]] [[Anthony Eden]], partly as a snub to [[MI6]] (since [[MI5]] was perceived as lower in status) transferred Dick White from [[Director General of MI5]] to [[Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service]].<ref name="atoz"/> He reportedly "tightened up the ground rules and specifically forbade [[assassination]]".<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/23/world/sir-dick-white-87-ex-british-intelligence-chief.html</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Dick Goldsmith White 20 December 1906 Tonbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 February 1993 (Age 86) Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Dick White was head of the Security Service from 1953 to May 1956[1], and head of the Secret Intelligence Service from May 1956 until the end of 1968, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.[2]
Contents
MI5
White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "Double Cross" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.[3]
Leadership
White replaced Guy Liddell as Deputy Director General on (or maybe a few days before)[4] 15 May, 1953 and became Director General that November.
MI6
In May 1956, infuriated by the Buster Crabb affair, UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden, partly as a snub to MI6 (since MI5 was perceived as lower in status) transferred Dick White from Director General of MI5 to Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.[1] He reportedly "tightened up the ground rules and specifically forbade assassination".[5]
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References
- ↑ a b The A to Z of British Intelligence, Nigel West
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
- ↑ http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/23/world/sir-dick-white-87-ex-british-intelligence-chief.html
