William vanden Heuvel

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William vanden Heuvel was a corporate lawyer in the same firm as William Donovan, and served as Donovan's special assistant during his tenure as ambassador to Thailand in 1953-4. In 1957, he became chair of the executive committee of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). From 1961 to 1970 he served as IRC president.[1]

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  1. Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.246.