DESMOND FITZGERALD DIES AT 57; WAS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF C.I.A.

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: July 24, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Desmond FitzGerald Dies at 57;
Was a Deputy Director of C. 1. A.
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WASHINGTON. July 23-
Desmond FitzGerald, a deputy
.director of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, died today at
the age of 57.
Mr. FitzGerald collapsed dur-
ing a tennis match at his coun-
try residence at The Plains, Va.,
'and died en route to the Fau-
,quier County Hospital at War-
renton.
He had been an officer with
the C.I.A. since 1951. An Es-
quire magazine article pub-
i lished in April, 1966, identified
him as the man in charge of
'espionage activities abroad. An
agency spokesman today de-
clined to comment on that.
Mr. FitzGerald was a law-
yer with the New York firm
of Spence, Hopkins, Walser,
Hotchkiss & Angell before join-
ing the C.I.A.
He enlisted as a private in
the infantry during World
War 11, and rose to the rank
of major, serving mainly in
the China-Burma-India theater.11
He was liaison officer with
Chinese tops during the
Burma campaign and later was
liaison officer with the Chinese
New Sixth Army in China. He
was operations officer, G-2
Security, in the Chinese combat
command in Nanking during
the last months of his service.!
His decorations included the:
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster, and the Burma and
China Ribbons with battle
stars.
Mr. FitzGerald was born in
New York. He attended St.
Mark's school at Southboro,;
Mass.. Harvard College and the l
Harvard Law School, where he
received his degree in 1935.
Mr. Fitzgerald was the for-
mer husband of Mrs. Marietta
Tree, who was a member of
the United States delegation
to the United Nations. They
were divorced in 1947.
He was the chairman of the
Committee of Five Million, a
New YorW reform group that
hoped to defeat Mayor William
O'Dwyer in 1949. Mr. O'Dwyer
was re-elected.
Mr. FitzGerald is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Barbara Green
Lawrence FitzGerald; two
daughters, Frances and Joan;
a son, Desmond Jr., and a step-,
daughter. Barbara Mary Law-
rence.
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