Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage
The Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage ( SDECE ; German Foreign Intelligence and Counter-Espionage Service ) was the French foreign intelligence service from December 28, 1945 to April 2, 1982 and was renamed DGSE . Organizational successor to the Direction Générale des Etudes et Recherches (DGER) war intelligence service . The SDECE was subordinate to the Prime Minister until the scandal surrounding the assassination of Ben Barka in 1965 and was then subordinate to the Ministry of Defense .
management
| Directors of the SDECE: | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Term of office |
| Henri-Alexis Ribiere | April 1945 - December 18, 1950 |
| Pierre Boursicot | December 18, 1950 - September 23, 1957 |
| Paul Grossin | September 23, 1957– January 31, 1962 |
| Paul Jacquier | January 31, 1962 - January 21, 1966 |
| Eugène Guibaud | January 21, 1966 - November 6, 1970 |
| Alexandre de Marenches | November 6, 1970 - June 22, 1981 |
| Pierre Marion | June 22, 1981 - November 10, 1982 |
Indochina until 1954
The Groupement de Commandos Mixtes Aéroportés ( GCMA , mostly anglicized MACG) was a subunit that was launched in Vietnam in the early 1950s. It was their job to organize the hill tribes and other groups as guerrilla fighters in support of the fight against the Viet Minh. It financed itself from the sale of opium, which was grown by the Laotian mountain people ( Operation X ). The unit was headed by Roger Trinquier .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Claude Faure: Revue historique des armées. 2007, accessed April 12, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Décret du 31 janvier 1962. January 31, 1962, accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).
- ^ Décret du 23 septembre 1957. 23 September 1957, accessed on 12 April 2013 (French).
- ↑ Décret du 31 janvier 1962. January 31, 1962, accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Décret du 22 janvier 1966. January 22, 1966, accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).
- ^ Décret du 6 novembre 1970. November 6, 1970, accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).
- ^ Décret du 22 juin 1981. June 22, 1981, accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).
