Howard Smith (spymaster)

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Sir Howard Smith was director general (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1979 to 1981.

During World War II he worked at Bletchley Park, and later he became the British ambassador to Moscow^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Derek Taunt, "Breaking German Naval Enigma", p. 111 in Action this Day, edited by Ralph Erskine and Michael Smith, 2001, ISBN 0-593-04982-9.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Michael Hanley	Director-General of MI5 1979 – 1981	Succeeded by Sir John Jones