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'''Allen Welsh Dulles''' (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was a pivotal figure in American intelligence and [[diplomacy]], best known as the longest-serving Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), a role he held from 1953 to 1961. As the first [[civilian]] to lead the agency during its formative [[Cold War]] years, Dulles shaped the CIA into a powerful, secretive institution that influenced [[U.S. foreign policy]] through [[covert]] operations, [[espionage]], and [[regime-change]] efforts. Dulles was fired as CIA director by [[President John F. Kennedy]] after the disastrous [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] and later served on the [[Warren Commission]] investigating the assassination of [[President John F. Kennedy]]. Many suspect CIA involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy after Kennedy canceled [[CIA]] plans to provide [[U.S.]] aircover for the [[U.S.]]-trained [[Cuban]] [[proxies]] who were needlessly sent to their deaths.

'''Allen Welsh Dulles''' (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was a pivotal figure in American intelligence and [[diplomacy]], best known as the longest-serving Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), a role he held from 1953 to 1961. As the first [[civilian]] to lead the agency during its formative [[Cold War]] years, Dulles shaped the CIA into a powerful, secretive institution that influenced [[U.S. foreign policy]] through [[covert]] operations, [[espionage]], and [[regime-change]] efforts. Dulles was fired as CIA director by [[President John F. Kennedy]] after the disastrous [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] and later served on the [[Warren Commission]] investigating the assassination of [[President John F. Kennedy]]. Many suspect CIA involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy after Kennedy canceled [[CIA]] plans to provide [[U.S.]] aircover for the [[U.S.]]-trained [[Cuban]] [[proxies]] who were needlessly sent to their deaths.

His brother, John Foster Dulles, is the namesake for Washington Dulles International Airport.

His brother, former [[Secretary of State]] [[John Foster Dulles]], is the namesake for Washington Dulles International Airport.

==World War II==

==World War II==

In 1942, Dulles joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), the CIA's wartime predecessor, as station chief in [[Bern, Switzerland]] There, he built a network of informants, including anti-Nazi Germans and Swiss contacts. His most notable achievement was [[Operation Sunrise]] in 1945, where he secretly [[negotiate]]d the surrender of German forces in [[Italy]] and [[Austria]] with SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s adjutant, General Karl Wolff. [[Otto Skorzeny]]<ref>Slorzeny led a Special Operation to break [[Mussolini]] out of an [[Italian]] jail after Mussolini's resignation as [[Prime Minister]] and arrest.</ref> and Major General [[Reinhard Gehlen]] were part of the surrender. Many of the surrendered Nazis became part of [[Operation Paperclip]].

In 1942, Dulles joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), the CIA's wartime predecessor, as station chief in [[Bern, Switzerland]] There, he built a network of informants, including anti-Nazi Germans and Swiss contacts. His most notable achievement was [[Operation Sunrise]] in 1945, where he secretly [[negotiate]]d the surrender of German forces in [[Italy]] and [[Austria]] with SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s adjutant, General Karl Wolff. [[Otto Skorzeny]]<ref>Slorzeny led a Special Operation to break [[Mussolini]] out of an [[Italian]] jail after Mussolini's resignation as [[Prime Minister]] and arrest.</ref> and Major General [[Reinhard Gehlen]] were part of the surrender. Many of the surrendered Nazis became part of [[Operation Paperclip]].

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