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.[2]
- Georges de Lannurien - Number three officer, early 1960s.[2]
- Réne Delseny - chief of Counterintelligence, early 1960s.[2]
- Philippe de Vosjoli - Washington liaison, early 1960s.[3]
- Antoine Bonnemaison[4]
External Resources
- Namebase SDECE (FRENCH INTELLIGENCE)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 History, DGSE, accessed 21 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.100.
- ↑ Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior - James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter, Simon and Schuster, 1991, p.97.
- ↑ Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, Harper Collins, 1993, p.32.
