Allen Welsh Dulles was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence and its longest serving director. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold
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Allen Dulles used information from Heinrich Maier's resistance group for the very important Operation Crossbow.
(from l. to r.) C.I.A. Director Allen Dulles with C.I.A. Counter-insurgency expert Colonel Edward Lansdale, United States Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan F. Twining, and C.I.A. Deputy Director Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell at the Pentagon in 1955.
CIA ID card of Allen Dulles
The director of central intelligence was the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2004, acting as the principal intelligence advisor to the president of the United States
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…Allen Welsh Dulles ( DUL-iss; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI) and its longest serving director. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War, he oversaw numerous activities…
The 16-foot (5 m) diameter granite CIA seal in the lobby of the original headquarters building.
The entrance of the CIA headquarters