Paul Jacquier
Paul Jacquier was Director of the French SDECE intelligence agency from February 1962 to January 1966.[1]
Jacquier made his first visit to Washington as head of the SDECE in October 1962. One of his key aims was to investigate claims of high-level infiltration of French intelligence being made by Anatoly Golitsyn, James Angleton and the SDECE Philippe De Vosjoli.[2] Jacquier was deeply offended that Angleton regarded his deputy, Leonard Houneau as a mole. He recalled De Vosjoli to France, where in December 1962, the liaison officer was accused of passing intelligence on Cuba to the Americans without authorisation, and ordered to spy on US nuclear activities.[3]
When Vosjoli was again recalled in September 1963, he resigned rather than return to France.[4]
When CIA Director John McCone visited Paris in spring 1964, Jacquier accused him of recruiting Vosjoli. McCone suggested, falsely, that Vosjoli might have been recruited by the Soviets.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ History, DGSE, accessed 21 December 2011.
- ↑ Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.101.
- ↑ Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, pp.102-104.
- ↑ Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, pp.105-106.
- ↑ Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.111.
