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Allen W. Dulles
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first civilian and longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
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Allen W. Dulles was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and intelligence officer. He served as the Director of Central Intelligence and worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United Fruit Company, and Sullivan & Cromwell. His professional locations included Vienna, Bern, and Istanbul.
Born in Watertown, New York, in 1893, Dulles was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University, and George Washington University. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He was Catholic and spoke English. He was the sibling of John Foster Dulles and relative of Avery Dulles.
Dulles died of pneumonia in Georgetown in 1969. He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Watertown, New York, US
Allen Welsh Dulles was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest-serving director to date. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War, he oversaw the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program, the Project MKUltra mind control program, and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He was fired by…
Known for
- JFK Assassination: A New Perspective — Self (archive footage)2025
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Assassination & Mrs. Paine — Self (archive footage)2022
- Laboratory Greece — Self (archive footage)2019
- The War on Democracy — Self (archive footage)2007
- JFK II: The Bush Connection — Self - CIA Director (archive footage)2003
- The JFK Conspiracy — Self1992
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Key facts
- President
- Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F. Kennedy
- Deputy
- Charles P. Cabell
- Preceded by
- Walter Bedell Smith
- Succeeded by
- John A. McCone
- Born
- Allen Welsh Dulles , ( 1893-04-07 ) April 7, 1893, Watertown , New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 29, 1969 (1969-01-29) (aged 75), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Resting place
- Green Mount Cemetery
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Martha "Clover" Todd ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 )
- Relatives
- John Foster Dulles (brother), Eleanor Lansing Dulles (sister), John Watson Foster (grandfather), John Welsh Dulles (grandfather), Miron Winslow , (great-grandfather), Harriet Winslow , (great-grandmother), Avery Cardinal Dulles (nephew)
- Education
- Princeton University ( BA ) , George Washington University ( LLB )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Watertown
- Place of death
- Georgetown
- Sibling
- John Foster Dulles
- Occupation
- intelligence officer
- Educated at
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Employer
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Allen w dulles.jpg
- Work location
- Istanbul
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- Commons category
- Allen Dulles
- date of death
- 1969-01-29
- date of birth
- 1893-04-07
- place of burial
- Green Mount Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- Commons Creator page
- Allen Welsh Dulles
- relative
- Avery Dulles
- name in native language
- Allen W. Dulles
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Encyclopedic overview
Allen Welsh Dulles (/ˈdʌlɪs/ 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, such as the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, the Project MKUltra mind control program, and the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. As a result of the failed invasion of Cuba, Dulles was forced to resign by President John F. Kennedy and was replaced with John McCone for the remainder of the Kennedy administration.
Following his resignation, Dulles was appointed to the Warren Commission tasked with investigating President Kennedy's assassination. His inclusion on the panel, despite having been dismissed by Kennedy and formerly serving as head of the CIA, has prompted sustained discussion among historians and commentators regarding potential conflicts of interest. While the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that the CIA as an institution was not involved in the assassination, debate persists over the extent of internal agency knowledge, as well as Dulles’s influence on the commission’s scope and findings.
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