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A former [[Special Operations Executive]] officer, Franks joined [[MI6]] in 1949. He was seconded to the [[British Middle East Office]] as part of the preparations for the 1953 Iranian coup.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.577.</ref> Franks headed the MI6 station in the country following the restoration of relations in December.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.596.</ref>
 
A former [[Special Operations Executive]] officer, Franks joined [[MI6]] in 1949. He was seconded to the [[British Middle East Office]] as part of the preparations for the 1953 Iranian coup.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.577.</ref> Franks headed the MI6 station in the country following the restoration of relations in December.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.596.</ref>
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*Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Franks+Arthur+Temple Franks Arthur Temple (Dickie)]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:18, 26 July 2009

Sir Arthur Temple Franks (known as Dick Franks) was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1978 to 1981.[1]

A former Special Operations Executive officer, Franks joined MI6 in 1949. He was seconded to the British Middle East Office as part of the preparations for the 1953 Iranian coup.[2] Franks headed the MI6 station in the country following the restoration of relations in December.[3]

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Notes

  1. Sir Dick Franks, telegraph.co.uk, 20 October 2008.
  2. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.577.
  3. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.596.