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    André Dewavrin DSO, MC (9 June 1911 – 20 December 1998) (colonel Passy) was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during...
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  • of political intelligence. The Bureau was first commanded by Major André Dewavrin, who had taken the nom de guerre "Colonel Passy", while journalist Pierre...
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    Soustelle was removed from his position as Director. Former free-fighter André Dewavrin, aka "Colonel Passy", was tasked to reform the DGER; he fired more than...
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  • intelligence service. Under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle, Major André Dewavrin was assigned to command the organization. Initially known as the Service...
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    right-wing extremists are untrue. Some of André Dewavrin's closest colleagues were Cagoulards, although Dewavrin always denied that he himself was. Many...
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    first director, from 6 November 1944 to 18 April 1945, followed by André Dewavrin until April 1946, when the DGER became the Service de documentation...
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    Renseignements et d'Action – Central Office for Intelligence and Action) under André Dewavrin, who used the codename "Colonel Passy" to provide support for the Resistance...
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    (codenamed Brumaire, also known as Commandant Bourgat), BCRA's chief André Dewavrin (codenamed Arquebuse, also known as Colonel Passy) and SOE's Forest...
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  • Sécurité Extérieure (General Directorate of External Security) in 1982. André Dewavrin alias "Colonel Passy", (DGER/SDECE), from 19 April 1945 to April 1946...
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  • attack. Qian Zhongshu, 88, Chinese literary scholar and writer, cancer. André Dewavrin, 87, French officer and resistance member during World War II. E. W...
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  • en route home. All 8 crew made POW. SEAHORSE: Forest Yeo-Thomas and André Dewavrin dropped on DZ Orange near Bosquentin, Eure 26 Feb. Objective: Organization...
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  • the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action of colonel Passy (André Dewavrin). Touny then organised the Centurie network to coordinate the OCM and...
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    Desmet [fr] (1919–2018) Lucien Detouche Robert Détroyat Jean Devé [fr] André Devigny André Dewavrin ("Passy") Adolphe Diagne [fr] Laure Diebold Thadée Diffre Louis...
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    area was used for parachute drops of agents F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas and André Dewavrin. Normandy style houses Maurice Ravel's mansion Remains of the rampart...
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  • England, Yeo-Thomas forged links with Major Pierre Brossolette and Andre Dewavrin (who went under the codename "Colonel Passy"), and between them they...
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  • Bouchinet-Serreulles was recalled, having been undermined by Brossolette supporter André Dewavrin, departing France on 3 March 1944; this left Bingen in charge of the...
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  • Pierre Darnel (1879–1882) Antoine Louis Debette (1882–1882) Omer Julien Dewavrin (1882–1885) Charles Ravisse (1885–1885) Paul Gustave Van Grutten (1885–1888)...
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  • Gameloft Montreal Publisher(s) Gameloft Producer(s) Marc-Andre Maurice Designer(s) Stanislas Dewavrin Simon Vendette Programmer(s) Olivier Francoeur Artist(s)...
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    had tried to destabilize the 3rd Republic in the 1930s. He described André Dewavrin ("Colonel Passy") as de Gaulle's "evil genius", describing him as the...
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  • Reggiani as the barber who gives Gerbier a shave and a jacket André "Colonel Passy" Dewavrin as himself, an official of the Free France intelligence services...
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