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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.
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.
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Oct 6, 2015 · A declassified CIA report reveals that John McCone, who replaced Allen Dulles as CIA chief, withheld information from the Warren Commission about the agency's covert operations to kill Fidel Castro. The report suggests that McCone was complicit in a "benign cover-up" to protect the CIA from conspiracy theories.
Learn about Allen Dulles, the OSS agent who negotiated the surrender of one million German soldiers in 1945, and later became the first CIA director. Discover his family connections, intelligence sources, and controversial operations.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was the first civilian and the longest-serving (1953-1961) Director of Central Intelligence (de-facto head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency), as well as a member of the Warren Commission.
Learn about the life and career of Allen Dulles, a prominent diplomat and lawyer who became the chief of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Switzerland during World War II. Discover how he gathered intelligence, supported resistance movements, and plotted to assassinate Hitler from his base in Bern.
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.
