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Colby, William Egan
Born: 1920 AD
Died: 1996 AD, at 76 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Intelligence Officer
Died: 1996 AD, at 76 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Intelligence Officer
US administrator, lawyer, and spy
employed as CIA agent 1950-1973
CIA station chief in Saigon 1959-1962
directed all CIA covert operations in Asia 1962-1967
director of CIA 1973-1976
cooperated with Congressional investigation of CIA, leading to declassification of many former CIA operations and programs
co-wrote memoir "Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA" 1978
drowned while canoeing in Wicomico River
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