Dick White

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Dick White
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Sir Dick White (1906-1993) was head of the Security Service from 1953 to 1956, and head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1956 until 1972, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.[1]

White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "Double Cross" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
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