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Major General Kenneth W. D. Strong, Director of the
British Joint Intelligence Bureau, du ing the course
of a conversation on the evening of 19 Octdber 1951
with Mr. Winston M. Scott, OSO, made the following
statements:
a. Major General John Alexander Sinclair has won
approval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the
Joint Intelligence Committee to replace Major
General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies as Chief =of
the British Secrat Service. Air Commodore James
Alfred Easton, now Assistant Chief, will succeed
General Sinclair as Vice-Chief.. The position of
Assistant Chief will be eliminated.
b. General Strong will probably succeed Major
. General Terence Airey as G-2, SHAPE,' and will ask
for the appointment of Colonel Thomas Betts as
his American Deputy.
c. Sir Edward Travis, Director of the Government
Communications Headquarters, British' counterpart
of AFSA, will retire in 1952.
d. Sir Percy Sillitoe, Director General of the
British Sedurity Service (MI-5), will retire early
in 1952.
e.
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