ALLEN WELSH DULLES

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000100040109-3
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1
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November 16, 2016
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May 10, 2000
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109
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Publication Date: 
February 2, 1969
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NSPR
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Approved For Release 2000/05/24: CIA-RDP75-00001?R0001 1IoUSTM- N, TEX. POST M - 2T4,248 S - 273,687 .Alen welsh en Welsh es served his country long and, faithfully in a variety of high-ranking government possitions. His roles as chief of the Central Intelligence Agency for nine years, an' acf`"s xrr'Cyt-1fie Warren Commission, will be the ones which the public best re- members. The younger brother of former Secretary of State John Poster Dulles, Allen Dulles did enormously valuable work for the United State?; in World War II, when he served as European director of the Office of Startegic Services. In this role, he managed to put an Allied spy in a position in the Nazi Foreign Office, giving the Allies access to every message that left the desk of Foreign Secretary. Joachim Von Rib- bentrop. For his work In World Wax. 11 espionage, he was decorated for outstanding achievement by the Belgian and French governments. The United States government awarded him the edal of Merit and a presidential citation for = hese labors. A graduate of Princeton, University, Dulles alternated his life between diplomacy, intelli- gence work, and the practice of law with the New York firm of Sullivan and Cromwell. He was the author of a number of books dealing with foreign affairs and the craft of intelligence, and particularly on the latter topic it is safe to predict that he will be, read as a master for years to collie. The Post extends sincere sym- Approved For Release 2000/05/24: CIA-RDP75-00001 R000100040109-3