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'''Allen Welch Dulles''' (1893-1969) was a U.S. intelligence official who started in the [[Office of Strategic Services]], was an active participant in the transformation that produced the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], and then a long-term [[Director of Central Intelligence]]. In many respects, as a coauthor of documents such as the Dulles-Jackson-Correa report, he defined his own job. During the 1950s, his influence was enhanced by having his brother, [[John Foster Dulles]], as [[U.S. Secretary of State]]. | '''Allen Welch Dulles''' (1893-1969) was a U.S. intelligence official who started in the [[Office of Strategic Services]], was an active participant in the transformation that produced the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], and then a long-term [[Director of Central Intelligence]]. In many respects, as a coauthor of documents such as the Dulles-Jackson-Correa report, he defined his own job. During the 1950s, his influence was enhanced by having his brother, [[John Foster Dulles]], as [[U.S. Secretary of State]]. | ||
At a time when the DCI headed the [[U.S. Intelligence Community]], he was the longest-serving (1953-1961) person in that post. Dulles retired as a result of the [[Bay of Pigs]] covert action. After the [[Bay of Pigs]] in 1961, President [[John F. Kennedy]] exercised greater supervision, although the agency stepped up its activity in Southeast Asia under [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], replacing Dulles, an OSS veteran, with a Republican with a general engineering background. Dulles' autobiography,<ref name=DullesCraft>{{cite book | |||
| author = Dulles, Allen W. | | author = Dulles, Allen W. | ||
| title = The Craft of Intelligence | | title = The Craft of Intelligence | ||
Revision as of 22:24, 29 December 2008
Allen Welch Dulles (1893-1969) was a U.S. intelligence official who started in the Office of Strategic Services, was an active participant in the transformation that produced the Central Intelligence Agency, and then a long-term Director of Central Intelligence. In many respects, as a coauthor of documents such as the Dulles-Jackson-Correa report, he defined his own job. During the 1950s, his influence was enhanced by having his brother, John Foster Dulles, as U.S. Secretary of State.
At a time when the DCI headed the U.S. Intelligence Community, he was the longest-serving (1953-1961) person in that post. Dulles retired as a result of the Bay of Pigs covert action. After the Bay of Pigs in 1961, President John F. Kennedy exercised greater supervision, although the agency stepped up its activity in Southeast Asia under Lyndon B. Johnson, replacing Dulles, an OSS veteran, with a Republican with a general engineering background. Dulles' autobiography,[1] is more noteworthy as a way of understanding the mindset of key people in the field than it is a detailed description of the CIA.
References
- ↑ Dulles, Allen W. (1963). The Craft of Intelligence. Harper & Row.