Guy Liddell

Guy Liddell (spook)
Born	8 November 1892
Died	3 December 1958 (Age 66)
A deputy head of MI5 for 6 years  Deputy Director General of MI5 In office 1947 - 1952 Forced to take early retirement due to suspicion he was a Russian spy.  Deputy Director of Counter Espionage In office October 1931 - Present

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.

Liddell was blamed for not telling US President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the impending attack on Pearl Harbor.

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