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| Born | 8 November 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 December 1958 (Age 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A deputy head of MI5 for 6 years
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Background
Liddell's mother died when he was a child.
Career
In the 1930's Guy Liddell became the UK's leading expert on subversive Bolshevik activities in Britain. In 1935 he recruited Dick Wright as his private secretary and MI5's thirtieth officer.[1]
Liddell was blamed for not telling US President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the impending attack on Pearl Harbor.
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