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Allen Welsh Dulles (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest serving director to date.
Aug 29, 2024 · Allen W. Dulles (born April 7, 1893, Watertown, New York, U.S.—died January 29, 1969, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. diplomat and intelligence expert, who was director (1953–61) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during its early period of growth.
In 1945, The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Station Chief Allen Dulles in Switzerland negotiated the early surrender of German forces in Italy and Austria days before the final surrender of Germany, saving many lives.
Allen Dulles (1893-1969) was an American lawyer, diplomat and long-serving head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Dulles was born in New York state, the son of a Presbyterian minister and the brother of future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and diplomat Eleanor Lansing Dulles.
Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was the first civilian and the longest-serving (1953-1961) Director of Central Intelligence (de-facto head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency), as well as a member of the Warren Commission.
OSS spymaster Allen Dulles established a base of operations in wartime Switzerland. Dulles finally left the United States on November 2, 1942, bound for Lisbon, Portugal, via the Pan Am flying boat. His original plan was to travel by train into Spain, across Vichy France, and finally ending at his destination of Geneva, Switzerland.
May 17, 2018 · DULLES, Allen Welsh. (b. 7 April 1893 in Watertown, New York; d. 29 January 1969 in Washington, D.C.), lawyer, first civilian director of the CIA (1953–1961), and member of the Warren Commission (1963–1964), which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dulles's father was Allen Macy Dulles, a Presbyterian minister, and ...
Allen Dulles. This photograph shows Allen Dulles, a lawyer and the first civilian director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as he looked around 1930. During World War II Dulles served in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the CIA.
This is the centenary of the birth of Allen Dulles. Although he is primarily remembered for his active role as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) during the Cold War, it was in World War I and World War II that he first made his mark as an intelligence officer.
Allen W. Dulles was instrumental in shaping U.S. intelligence operations. He began his career during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Bern, Switzerland, and after the war, he chaired an intelligence review committee that was critical of the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency.
