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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.<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 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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==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>  
  
==Deputy Director General==
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===Deputy Director General===
[[Dick White]] replaced [[Guy Liddell]] on (or maybe a few days before) 15 May, 1953.<ref>http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/</ref>  
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White replaced [[Guy Liddell]] on (or maybe a few days before) 15 May, 1953.<ref>http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/</ref>
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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"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 12:38, 26 January 2015

Person.png Dick White  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
Dick white.jpg
Born1906
Died1993 (Age 86)

Employment.png Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

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

Employment.png Deputy Director General of MI5

In office
15 May 1953 - 1953
Preceded byGuy Liddell
Exact start date is tentative - may have been 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 1972, 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]

Deputy Director General

White replaced Guy Liddell on (or maybe a few days before) 15 May, 1953.[4]

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]

External resources

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References

  1. a b The A to Z of British Intelligence, Nigel West
  2. Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
  3. Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
  4. http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/post-war-diaries-of-guy-liddell-mi5/


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