Allen Dulles

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. 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 organization of the Central Intelligence Agency]], and then Director of Central Intelligence]] during the Eisenhower Administration. In many respects, as a coauthor of documents such as the Dulles-Jackson-Correa report and the National Security Act of 1947]], he created and 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 Director of Central Intelligence headed the United States intelligence community]], Dulles was the longest-serving (1953-1961) person in that post. Dulles retired as a result of the Bay of Pigs]] covert action. After the failure of that operation, President John F. Kennedy]] exercised greater supervision of the CIA, although the agency stepped up its activity in Southeast Asia. He was replaced by a Republican, Director of Central Intelligence#John McCone|John McCone]], with a general engineering background. Dulles' autobiography 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