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| + | | name = Sir Dick White | ||
| + | | occupation = Director General of MI5 1953–56; Chief of SIS 1956–68 | ||
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[[Image:DickWhite.jpg|thumb|right|Dick White<br><i>© Crown Copyright 2007</i>]] | [[Image:DickWhite.jpg|thumb|right|Dick White<br><i>© Crown Copyright 2007</i>]] | ||
| − | Sir [[Dick White]] (1906-1993) was head of the [[Security Service]] from 1953 to 1956, and head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from 1956 until 1972, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.<ref>[ | + | Sir [[Dick White]] (1906-1993) was head of the [[Security Service]] from 1953 to 1956, and head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] from 1956 until 1972, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120809140602/https://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref> |
| − | White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "[[Double Cross]]" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.<ref>[ | + | White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "[[Double Cross]]" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120809140602/https://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref> |
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| + | ==Chief of SIS== | ||
| + | White was appointed to head SIS in 1956 after the Crabb affair ended the tenure of Sir [[John Sinclair]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Touchstone, 2002, p.621.</ref> SIS lists him among its former Chiefs.<ref>[https://www.sis.gov.uk/about-us/our-chief/ Our Chief], Secret Intelligence Service, accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Kim Philby]] defected from Beirut to Moscow in January 1963, while White was Chief. Files released by the National Archives show how the service handled his confession and flight.<ref>[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/the-collection-blog/confessions-from-the-cambridge-five/ Confessions from the Cambridge Five], The National Archives blog.</ref> | ||
==External resources== | ==External resources== | ||
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Sir Dick White (1906-1993) was head of the Security Service from 1953 to 1956, and head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1956 until 1972, the only person to have headed both organisations successively.[1]
White joined the Security Service in 1936, and was closely involved in operating the successful "Double Cross" system against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.[2]
Chief of SIS
White was appointed to head SIS in 1956 after the Crabb affair ended the tenure of Sir John Sinclair.[3] SIS lists him among its former Chiefs.[4]
Kim Philby defected from Beirut to Moscow in January 1963, while White was Chief. Files released by the National Archives show how the service handled his confession and flight.[5]
External resources
- Namebase: White Dick Goldsmith
Notes
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.621.
- ↑ Our Chief, Secret Intelligence Service, accessed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Confessions from the Cambridge Five, The National Archives blog.