Allen Welsh Dulles (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI), and its longest-serving director to-date.
May 27, 2023 · Allen W. Dulles, in full Allen Welsh Dulles, (born April 7, 1893, Watertown, New York, U.S.—died January 29, 1969, Washington, D.C.), U.S. diplomat and intelligence expert, who was director (1953–61) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during its early period of growth.
Nov 13, 2015 · A candidate who accepts the war machine to a great extent and resembles Kennedy not at all on questions of peace, but who takes on Wall Street with the passion it deserves, could place himself as much in the cross-hairs of the deep state as a Jeremy Corbyn who takes on both capital and killing.
Nov 2, 2015 · Dulles — the Princeton man and white shoe corporate lawyer who served as CIA director from 1953 to 1961, still the longest tenure in agency history — died in 1969 before the Safari Club was...
Secret Agents, Secret Armies: The Spy Who Captured an Army. 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. April 16, 2020. Allen W. Dulles (1893-1969) was many things ...
Nov 10, 2012 · Compared to David H. Petraeus, Allen Dulles, the C.I.A. director from 1953 to 1961, was far worse: he was a notorious womanizer who was widely known for his extramarital liaisons.
Oct 6, 2015 · An industrialist and an engineer by training, he replaced veteran spymaster Allen Dulles as director of central intelligence in November 1961, after John F. Kennedy had forced out Dulles...
Oct 13, 2015 · Politics Did CIA Director Allen Dulles Order the Hit on JFK? HARDLINER In a blistering but painstaking profile of the Cold War CIA chief, David Talbot’s damning accusations include the allegation...
On April 10, 1953, Allen Dulles, the newly appointed director of the CIA, delivered a speech to a gathering of Princeton alumni. Though the event was mundane, global tensions were running high.
During the Second World War, Allen Dulles was in charge of the Office of Strategic Services station attached to the American embassy in Bern from November 1942 onward, which he used as a base for launching intelligence operations.