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The [[Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage]] (SDECE, External Documentation and Counter-espionage Service), was France's foreign intelligence agency from 1945 to 1982 when it was replaced by the [[DGSE]].<ref>[http://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/dgse/tout-le-site/history History], DGSE, accessed 21 December 2011.</ref>

==People==
===Directors===
*Colonel [[André Dewavrin]]	 January 1, 1946 – February 1946
*Mr [[Henri Ribiere]]	 February 1946 – October 1950
*Prefect [[Pierre Borsicot]]	 October 1950 – December 1957
*General [[Paul Grossin]]	 December 1957 – February 1962
*Air Marshal [[Paul Jacquier]]	 February 1962 – January 1966
*General [[Eugène Guibaud]]	 January 1966 – November 1970
*Mr [[Alexandre de Marenches]]	 November 1970 – June 1981
*Mr [[Pierre Marion]]	 June 1981 – April 1, 1982

==External Resources==
*Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/main1/_28french-intelligence_29-Sdece.html SDECE (FRENCH INTELLIGENCE)]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Spooks]][[Category:French intelligence]]