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Rowley joined the Foreign Office in 1948 after service in the armed forces. According to intelligence writers Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald he was an MI6 officer.<ref name="CovertAction259">Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, ''British Intelligence and Covert Action'', Brandon/Junction, 1983, p.259.</ref> | Rowley joined the Foreign Office in 1948 after service in the armed forces. According to intelligence writers Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald he was an MI6 officer.<ref name="CovertAction259">Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, ''British Intelligence and Covert Action'', Brandon/Junction, 1983, p.259.</ref> | ||
| − | Rowley became vice-consul in Addis Ababa in 1949.<ref name="CovertAction259">Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, ''British Intelligence and Covert Action'', Brandon/Junction, 1983, p.259.</ref> He returned to the Foreign Office in 1950. In 1953, he became | + | Rowley became vice-consul in Addis Ababa in 1949.<ref name="CovertAction259">Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, ''British Intelligence and Covert Action'', Brandon/Junction, 1983, p.259.</ref> He returned to the Foreign Office in 1950. In 1953, he became second secretary in Rangoon. In 1955 he joined the Office of the Commissioner-General in Singapore. He returned to the Foreign Office in 1957. In 1960, he was seconded to the Australian Department of Defence in Melbourne. According to Bloch and Fitzgerald he 'resigned' from the Foreign Office in 1965 and 'rejoined' in 1967, the inverted commas presumably suggesting that he was working for MI6 under non-official cover during this period. On his return, he became counsellor (Foreign Affairs) in Kuala Lumpur. He Returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1971.<ref name="CovertAction259">Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, ''British Intelligence and Covert Action'', Brandon/Junction, 1983, p.259.</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:12, 4 May 2013
Frederick Allan Rowley was the Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence (Northern Ireland) (DCI) in 1972-3.[1]
Rowley joined the Foreign Office in 1948 after service in the armed forces. According to intelligence writers Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald he was an MI6 officer.[2]
Rowley became vice-consul in Addis Ababa in 1949.[2] He returned to the Foreign Office in 1950. In 1953, he became second secretary in Rangoon. In 1955 he joined the Office of the Commissioner-General in Singapore. He returned to the Foreign Office in 1957. In 1960, he was seconded to the Australian Department of Defence in Melbourne. According to Bloch and Fitzgerald he 'resigned' from the Foreign Office in 1965 and 'rejoined' in 1967, the inverted commas presumably suggesting that he was working for MI6 under non-official cover during this period. On his return, he became counsellor (Foreign Affairs) in Kuala Lumpur. He Returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1971.[2]
Northern Ireland
Rowley was seconded to the Northern Ireland Office in 1972.[2]
On 25 April 1973, Rowley and British Ambassador Sir Arthur Galsworthy had a secret meeting in Glencairn, Galsworthy's Dublin residence, with Patrick Donegan, the Irish Minister for Defence, and his Departmental Secretary.[1]
Senior MI6 Officer
Bloch and Fitzgerald list Rowley as "Counsellor FCO Divisional Head, MI6" from 1973, and "Deputy Chief, MI6" from 1976. He retired in 1979.[2]
External resources
- NameBase ROWLEY FREDERICK ALLAN
