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The [[Bureau for State Security]], popularly known as '''BOSS''' was a South African intelligence agency active at the height of the Apartheid era.<ref>Hayden B. Peake, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no4/the-intelligence-officers-bookshelf.html The Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf], Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 51, No. 4, accessed 6 June 2010.</ref> | The [[Bureau for State Security]], popularly known as '''BOSS''' was a South African intelligence agency active at the height of the Apartheid era.<ref>Hayden B. Peake, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no4/the-intelligence-officers-bookshelf.html The Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf], Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 51, No. 4, accessed 6 June 2010.</ref> | ||
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The Bureau for State Security, popularly known as BOSS was a South African intelligence agency active at the height of the Apartheid era.[1]
BOSS replaced the previous domestic security agency, Republican Intelligence in August 1968, and also acquired responsibility for foreign intelligence. It was itself replaced by the National Intelligence Service in 1979.[2]
People
- Hendrik van den Bergh - Head[3]
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References
- ↑ Hayden B. Peake, The Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf, Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 51, No. 4, accessed 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Hayden B. Peake, The Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf, Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 51, No. 4, accessed 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Mary Braid, Obituary: Hendrik van den Bergh, The Independent, 21 August 1997.
