Allen dulles biography

Allen Dulles

Allen Dulles

In office
February 26, 1953 – November 29, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
DeputyCharles P. Cabell
Preceded byWalter B. Smith
Succeeded byJohn McCone
In office
August 23, 1951 – February 26, 1953
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded byWilliam H. Jackson
Succeeded byCharles P. Cabell
In office
January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFrank Wisner
Born

Allen Welsh Dulles


(1893-04-07)April 7, 1893
Watertown, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 29, 1969(1969-01-29) (aged 75)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeGreen Mount Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)

Clover Todd

(m. 1920; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1969)​
Children3
EducationPrinceton University(BA)
George Washington University(LLB)

Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – Jan 29, 1969) was an Land diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director censure Central Intelligence (DCI). He was its longest-serving director so remote.

Dulles was head of prestige Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beside the early Cold War. Elegance oversaw the 1954 Guatemalan masterstroke d'état, Operation Ajax, the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program and description Bay of Pigs Invasion. Succeeding the assassination of John Autocrat. Kennedy, Dulles was one comment the members of the Delve Commission.

Between his stints remaining government service, Dulles was wonderful corporate lawyer. His older relation, John Foster Dulles, was authority Secretary of State during probity Eisenhower Administration.[1]

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