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− | Sir [[John Jones]] was head of the British [[Security Service]] from 1981 to 1985.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | + | Sir [[John Jones]] was head of the British [[Security Service]] (MI5) from 1981 to 1985.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> |
Jones served as an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | Jones served as an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> |
Revision as of 11:33, 1 July 2009
Sir John Jones was head of the British Security Service (MI5) from 1981 to 1985.[1]
Jones served as an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.