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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| Born | 8 November 1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 December 1958 (Age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Liddell's mother died when he was a child.[1]
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.
Deputy Director General of MI5
Guy Liddell became Deputy Director General of MI5 in 1946. He left MI5 on (or maybe a few days before) 15 May, 1953.[2] 10 volumes pf his diaries are declassified.
Later activities
He was Head of security at the Atomic Energy Authority.
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