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Sir [[Patrick Walker]] was the head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1987 to 1992.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
 
Sir [[Patrick Walker]] was the head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1987 to 1992.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
  
Walker joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
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Walker is an Oxford graduate.<ref name="Andrew560">Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.</ref> He joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> Walker was head of F3 during 1980.<ref name="Andrew690">Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.</ref>
  
According to The Times, Walker served as [[Deputy Director General]] Operations before heading the service, and was succeeded in that post by [[Julian Faux]] in 1988.<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
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==FX Director==
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Walker became Director [[MI5 FX Branch|FX Branch]] in 1984.<ref name="Andrew560">Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.</ref>
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Sir [[Desmond de Silva]]'s [[Pat Finucane]] Review records that in February 1987, the head of the [[Force Research Unit]], A/05 recorded that that officer G/02, the head of MI5's Northern Ireland agent-handling section, told him that "Patrick Walker, the then Head of Counter-Terrorism at the Security Service, was very angry about the FRU's actions" in re-recruiting [[Brian Nelson]]. This may have reflected [[MI5]]'s own ambitions to recruit Nelson.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
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==Deputy Director-General==
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According to ''The Times'', Walker served as [[Deputy Director General of the Security Service|Deputy Director General]] Operations before heading the service, and was succeeded in that post by [[Julian Faux]] in 1988.<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
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==External resources==
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*Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jun/14/northernireland.richardnortontaylor Security service told RUC that it could put spying on terrorists ahead of solving crime], ''The Guardian'', 14 June 2001.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 15:56, 25 October 2015

Patrick Walker
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Sir Patrick Walker was the head of the Security Service MI5 from 1987 to 1992.[1]

Walker is an Oxford graduate.[2] He joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.[3] Walker was head of F3 during 1980.[4]

FX Director

Walker became Director FX Branch in 1984.[2]

Sir Desmond de Silva's Pat Finucane Review records that in February 1987, the head of the Force Research Unit, A/05 recorded that that officer G/02, the head of MI5's Northern Ireland agent-handling section, told him that "Patrick Walker, the then Head of Counter-Terrorism at the Security Service, was very angry about the FRU's actions" in re-recruiting Brian Nelson. This may have reflected MI5's own ambitions to recruit Nelson.[5]

Deputy Director-General

According to The Times, Walker served as Deputy Director General Operations before heading the service, and was succeeded in that post by Julian Faux in 1988.[6]

External resources

Notes

  1. Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.
  3. Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
  4. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.
  5. Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
  6. Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.