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| + | | name = Sir Christopher Curwen | ||
| + | | occupation = Intelligence officer; Chief of SIS 1985–1988/89 | ||
| + | | death_date = 2013 | ||
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Sir [[Christopher Curwen]] succeeded Sir [[Colin Figures]] as head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] in 1985.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.</ref> He was succeed in turn by Sir [[Colin McColl]] in December 1988.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.</ref> | Sir [[Christopher Curwen]] succeeded Sir [[Colin Figures]] as head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] in 1985.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.</ref> He was succeed in turn by Sir [[Colin McColl]] in December 1988.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.</ref> | ||
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| + | Curwen was Chief when KGB officer and British agent [[Oleg Gordievsky]] was exfiltrated from Moscow in 1985. Curwen died in December 2013.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10536155/Sir-Christopher-Curwen-obituary.html Sir Christopher Curwen – obituary], ''Daily Telegraph'', December 2013.</ref> The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has an entry on him.<ref>'Curwen, Sir Christopher Keith (1929–2013), intelligence officer', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/108363 doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/108363].</ref> | ||
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Sir Christopher Curwen succeeded Sir Colin Figures as head of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1985.[1] He was succeed in turn by Sir Colin McColl in December 1988.[2]
Career
Curwen was Chief when KGB officer and British agent Oleg Gordievsky was exfiltrated from Moscow in 1985. Curwen died in December 2013.[3] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has an entry on him.[4]
External Resources
- NameBase Curwen Christopher Keith
Notes
- ↑ Richard Norton-Taylor, MI6 top job goes to former diplomat / Christopher Curwen allegedly appointed intelligence service head, The Guardian, 16 December 1985.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.
- ↑ Sir Christopher Curwen – obituary, Daily Telegraph, December 2013.
- ↑ 'Curwen, Sir Christopher Keith (1929–2013), intelligence officer', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/108363.