Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage
The Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE, External Documentation and Counter-espionage Service), was France's foreign intelligence agency from 1945 to 1982 when it was replaced by the DGSE.[1]
People
Directors
- Colonel André Dewavrin January 1, 1946 – February 1946
- Mr Henri Ribiere February 1946 – October 1950
- Prefect Pierre Borsicot October 1950 – December 1957
- General Paul Grossin December 1957 – February 1962
- Air Marshal Paul Jacquier February 1962 – January 1966
- General Eugène Guibaud January 1966 – November 1970
- Mr Alexandre de Marenches November 1970 – June 1981
- Mr Pierre Marion June 1981 – April 1, 1982[1]
Officers
- Leonard Houneau - Deputy head, early 1960s.<ref="ColdWarrior100">Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.100.</ref>
- Georges de Lannurien - Number three officer, early 1960s.<ref="ColdWarrior100">Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.100.</ref>
- Réne Delseny - chief of Counterintelligence, early 1960s.<ref="ColdWarrior100">Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.100.</ref>
- Philippe de Vosjoli - Washington liaison, early 1960s.<ref="ColdWarrior97">Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.97.</ref>
- Antoine Bonnemaison[2]
External Resources
- Namebase SDECE (FRENCH INTELLIGENCE)
