Direction de la surveillance du territoire
The Direction de la surveillance du territoire ( DST ; German Direction of Territorial Surveillance ) was France's civil domestic intelligence service from 1944 to 2008 and was subordinate to the Interior Minister . He resembled the German protection of the constitution . The last legal basis was an ordinance from 1982.
On July 1, 2008, it was merged with the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux (DCRG, RG) to form the new Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur (DCRI).
assignment
Directors of the DST: | |
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Surname | Term of office |
Roger Wybot | 1944-1959 |
Jean-Gabriel Eriau | 1959-1961 |
Daniel Marius Doustin | 1961-1964 |
Tony Roche | 1964-1967 |
Jeane Rochet | 1967-1972 |
Henri Briard | 1972-1974 |
Jacques Chartron | 1974-1975 |
Marcel Chalet | 1975-1982 |
Yves Bonnet | 1982-1985 |
Rémy Pautrat | 1985-1986 |
Bernard Gérard | 1986-1990 |
Jacques Fournet | 1990-1993 |
Philippe Parant | 1993-1997 |
Jean-Jacques Pascal | 1997-2002 |
Pierre de Bousquet de Florian | 2002-2007 |
Bernard Squarcini | 2007-2008 |
- Counterintelligence
- Counterterrorism
- Fight organized crime
- Combating the illegal arms trade
- Defense against industrial espionage (The DST had offices in 22 regions of France that advise French companies against industrial espionage.)
organization
The DST was structured regionally and had five main departments in Paris and seven regional directorates in Lille , Rennes , Bordeaux , Marseille , Lyon , Metz and Tours . There were also four DST outposts in Guyane , Réunion and New Caledonia .
history
The DST was created in 1955 from the organizational separation of the BCRA into DST and SDECE under the de Gaulle government. The staff consisted mainly of former employees of the ST, the BCRA and parts of the Resistance .
A special feature were the DST operations in Great Britain, especially in London, which were not directed against England, but against the Islamists who worked there for a long time. The nickname for London in the DST was Londistan because it was believed that the British were exclusively fixated on the IRA and therefore turned a blind eye to Islamist hate preachers.
The last director of the DST, Bernard Squarcini , is also director of the successor organization DCRI.