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| − | |wikipedia= | + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_de_Documentation_Extérieure_et_de_Contre-Espionnage |
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|start=6 November 1944 | |start=6 November 1944 | ||
|end=2 April 1982 | |end=2 April 1982 | ||
|abbreviation=SDECE | |abbreviation=SDECE | ||
| − | |successors= Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure | + | |successors=Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure |
| − | | | + | |leaders=SDECE/Director |
| + | |powerbase=http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/SDECE | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | The '''Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage''' was a [[French]] [[intelligence agency]]. | ||
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==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
In 1960 the SDECE [[assassinated]] [[Cameroon]]ian independence leader [[Félix-Roland Moumié]] in [[Geneva]]. | In 1960 the SDECE [[assassinated]] [[Cameroon]]ian independence leader [[Félix-Roland Moumié]] in [[Geneva]]. | ||
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| + | In 1978 ''[[Le Monde]]'' alleged that "under [[Alexandre de Marenches|Marenches]]' leadership, "[[terrorism]]" and also disinformation - [[the influencing of public opinion]] - were extensively pursued (by the SDECE)" | ||
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
| − | [[Alfred McCoy]] | + | [[Alfred McCoy]] wrote in ''[[The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia]]'' that the SDECE financed all of its covert operations during the Indochina War from its control of the Indochina [[drug trade]]. |
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 3 June 2019
 SDECE  (Intelligence agency)    | |
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| Abbreviation | SDECE |
| Successor | Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure |
| Formation | 6 November 1944 |
| Extinction | 2 April 1982 |
| Leader | SDECE/Director |
| Interest of | Yves Guérin-Sérac |
| Subpage | •SDECE/Director |
The Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage was a French intelligence agency.
Activities
In 1960 the SDECE assassinated Cameroonian independence leader Félix-Roland Moumié in Geneva.
In 1978 Le Monde alleged that "under Marenches' leadership, "terrorism" and also disinformation - the influencing of public opinion - were extensively pursued (by the SDECE)"
Funding
Alfred McCoy wrote in The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia that the SDECE financed all of its covert operations during the Indochina War from its control of the Indochina drug trade.
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