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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.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>
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Sir [[Dick White]] was head of the [[Security Service]] from 1953 to May 1956<ref name="atoz">''The A to Z of British Intelligence'', [[Nigel West]]</ref>, and head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from May 1956 until the end of 1968, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>
  
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==MI5==
 
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.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>  
 
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.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>  
  
==External resources==
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===Leadership===
*Namebase: [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=White,+Dick,+Goldsmith White Dick Goldsmith]
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White replaced [[Guy Liddell]] as [[Deputy Director General of MI5|Deputy Director General]] on (or maybe a few days before)<ref>http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/</ref>  15 May, 1953 and became [[Director General of MI5|Director General]] that November.
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==MI6==
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In May 1956, infuriated by the [[Buster Crabb affair]], [[UK Prime Minister]] [[Anthony Eden]], partly as a snub to [[MI6]] (since [[MI5]] was perceived as lower in status) transferred Dick White from [[Director General of MI5]] to [[Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service]].<ref name="atoz"/> He reportedly "tightened up the ground rules and specifically forbade [[assassination]]".<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/23/world/sir-dick-white-87-ex-british-intelligence-chief.html</ref>
 
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[[Category:Spooks|White, Dick]][[Category:MI5|White, Dick]][[Category:MI6|White, Dick]]
 

Latest revision as of 04:59, 23 November 2021

Person.png Dick White   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
Dick white.jpg
BornDick Goldsmith White
20 December 1906
Tonbridge, Kent
Died21 February 1993 (Age 86)
Sussex
NationalityBritish

Employment.png Coordinator for Intelligence and Security

In office
1968 - 1973
Succeeded byLeonard Hooper
The first holder of this position.

Employment.png Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

In office
May 1956 - 1968
DeputyJohn Macgregor Bruce Lockhart, Maurice Oldfield, George Kennedy Young
Appointed byAnthony Eden
Preceded byJohn Sinclair
Succeeded byJohn Rennie
Appointed as something of a snub to SIS

Employment.png Director General of MI5

In office
November 1953 - May 1956
DeputyRoger Hollis, Graham Russell Mitchell
Preceded byPercy Sillitoe
Succeeded byRoger Hollis

Employment.png Deputy Director General of MI5

In office
15 May 1953 - November 1953
Preceded byGuy Liddell
Succeeded byRoger Hollis
Exact start date is tentative - may have been a few days earlier.

Sir Dick White was head of the Security Service from 1953 to May 1956[1], and head of the Secret Intelligence Service from May 1956 until the end of 1968, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.[2]

MI5

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.[3]

Leadership

White replaced Guy Liddell as Deputy Director General on (or maybe a few days before)[4] 15 May, 1953 and became Director General that November.

MI6

In May 1956, infuriated by the Buster Crabb affair, UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden, partly as a snub to MI6 (since MI5 was perceived as lower in status) transferred Dick White from Director General of MI5 to Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.[1] He reportedly "tightened up the ground rules and specifically forbade assassination".[5]

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