Walter Bedell Smith ( English Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith , 1895-1961) - American military and statesman, Director of Central Intelligence and head of the US CIA (1950-1953).
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| The president | Harry Truman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Roscoe Hillencotter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Allen Dulles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth | October 5, 1895 Indianapolis , Indiana , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | August 9, 1961 (aged 65) Washington DC , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Indianapolis , graduated from high school in 1910, after which he enrolled in the Indiana National Guard . Later I attended a short course at Butler University . After the United States entered World War I, he took part in the fighting on the territory of France as an infantryman of the 4th American division. November 27, 1917 promoted to officer. He served in military intelligence [2] . In July 1920, he was enlisted in the personnel officer of the US Army. Remaining an army officer, he was assigned to the Budget Bureau for four and a half years. He was also vice-president of the state commission, which was responsible for the distribution of military stocks remaining after the 1st World War. In 1935 he graduated from the School of the General Staff, and in 1937 - the Army Military College, after which he served as an instructor in the Infantry School.
At the time of the entry of the United States into World War II (December 7, 1941) - Secretary of the General Staff of the US Army, Brigadier General [3] . Since September 1942 - Chief of Staff under Lieutenant General Eisenhower . He remained the chief of staff of Eisenhower even after the appointment of the latter to the post of supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe [4] . In September 1943, he negotiated the surrender of the Italian troops , in May 1945 - the surrender of the German Wehrmacht. On May 7, 1945, on behalf of the Allied command, he signed the Act on Unconditional Surrender of Germany in Reims. From March 1946 to December 1948, he was the US ambassador to the Soviet Union [5] , then commander of the 1st Army.
On August 21, 1950, he was appointed by President Truman the director of Central Intelligence and (ex officio) the head of the Central Intelligence Agency ; on August 28 he was approved by the Senate and took office on October 7. He was in this post until February 9, 1953. Army General (July 1, 1951). On February 9, 1953, he resigned from the CIA and resigned from military service [6] . In 1953-1954 - Deputy Secretary of State of the United States , then went in for business.
Author of the books “My Three Years in Moscow” (“My Three Years in Moscow”, 1949) and “The Six Great Decisions of Eisenhower” (“Eisenhower's Six Great Decisions”, 1956). Buried at Arlington National Cemetery .
Notes
- ↑ https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/index.html#/arlington-national/
- ↑ Crosswell 1991 , pp. 22-23
- ↑ Crosswell 1991 , pp. 89–91
- ↑ Pogue, 1954 , p. 62
- ↑ Crosswell 1991 , pp. 330—331
- ↑ Walter Smith , Central Intelligence Agency , < https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-and-deputy-directors -of-central-intelligence / smith.html > . Retrieved August 31, 2010.
Literature
- Crosswell, DKR The Chief of Staff: The Military Career of General Walter Bedell Smith. - Greenwood Press, 1991 .-- ISBN 0-313-27480-0 .
- Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. - US Army Center of Military History, US Department of the Army, 1954.