Dick White

Dick White   (spook)
Born	1906
Died	1993 (Age 86)
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service In office 1956 - 1968 Deputy John Macgregor Bruce Lockhart, Maurice Oldfield, George Kennedy Young Succeeded by John Rennie  Director General of MI5 In office 1953 - 1956 Deputy Roger Hollis, Dick White  Deputy Director General of MI5 In office 1952 - 1953

Sir Dick White 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.

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.

External resources

• Namebase: White Dick Goldsmith

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