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Sir [[Stewart Menzies]] was head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from 1939<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.4.</ref> to 1952.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.494.</ref> | Sir [[Stewart Menzies]] was head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from 1939<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.4.</ref> to 1952.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.494.</ref> | ||
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+ | By 1929 he was [[Deputy Chief of the SIS]] and he was promoted to full [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] soon afterwards.<ref>''C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies'', by [[Anthony Cave Brown]], 1987.</ref> | ||
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Sir Stewart Menzies was head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1939[1] to 1952.[2]
By 1929 he was Deputy Chief of the SIS and he was promoted to full colonel soon afterwards.[3]
Appointments by Stewart Menzies
Appointee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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Edward Beddington-Behrens | Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service | 6 March 1943 | 1944 | Deputy Director/Army (DD/A) |
John Cordeaux | Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service | 6 March 1943 | 1945 | Deputy Director/Navy |
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References
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.4.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.494.
- ↑ C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, by Anthony Cave Brown, 1987.