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Sir [[Christopher Curwen]] succeeded Sir [[Colin Figures]] as head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] in 1985.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.</ref> He was succeed in turn by Sir [[Colin McColl]] in November 1988.<ref name="dorrill753">[[Stephen Dorril]], MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.</ref> | Sir [[Christopher Curwen]] succeeded Sir [[Colin Figures]] as head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] in 1985.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.</ref> He was succeed in turn by Sir [[Colin McColl]] in November 1988.<ref name="dorrill753">[[Stephen Dorril]], MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.</ref> | ||
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| + | His obituary in ''[[The Independent]]'' made much of his exfiltration of [[Oleg Gordievsky]] from Moscow. | ||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
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MI6 Career
Christopher Curwen was "a South East Asia specialist, who had followed the traditional route to the top through postings to Geneva and Washington".[1]
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Sir Christopher Curwen succeeded Sir Colin Figures as head of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1985.[2] He was succeed in turn by Sir Colin McColl in November 1988.[1]
His obituary in The Independent made much of his exfiltration of Oleg Gordievsky from Moscow.
External Resources
- NameBase Curwen Christopher Keith
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References
- ↑ a b c Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.
- ↑ Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.
