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Allen Welsh Dulles (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest serving director to date.
Nov 13, 2015 · Accounts of the escapades of Allen Dulles, and the dozen or more partners in crime whose names crop up beside his decade after decade, illustrate the power of a permanent plutocracy, but also the power of particular individuals to shape it.
Allen W. Dulles (born April 7, 1893, Watertown, New York, U.S.—died January 29, 1969, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. diplomat and intelligence expert, who was director (1953–61) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during its early period of growth.
OSS spymaster Allen Dulles established a base of operations in wartime Switzerland. Dulles finally left the United States on November 2, 1942, bound for Lisbon, Portugal, via the Pan Am flying boat. His original plan was to travel by train into Spain, across Vichy France, and finally ending at his destination of Geneva, Switzerland.
Allen Dulles (1893-1969) was an American lawyer, diplomat and long-serving head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Dulles was born in New York state, the son of a Presbyterian minister and the brother of future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and diplomat Eleanor Lansing Dulles.
Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). He was its longest-serving director so far. Dulles was head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War.
Oct 6, 2015 · An industrialist and an engineer by training, he replaced veteran spymaster Allen Dulles as director of central intelligence in November 1961, after John F. Kennedy had forced out Dulles...
May 17, 2018 · ( b. 7 April 1893 in Watertown, New York; d. 29 January 1969 in Washington, D.C.), lawyer, first civilian director of the CIA (1953–1961), and member of the Warren Commission (1963–1964), which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
This is the centenary of the birth of Allen Dulles. Although he is primarily remembered for his active role as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) during the Cold War, it was in World War I and World War II that he first made his mark as an intelligence officer.
Allen W. Dulles was instrumental in shaping U.S. intelligence operations. He began his career during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Bern, Switzerland, and after the war, he chaired an intelligence review committee that was critical of the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency.
