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^ abYears of service as a spymaster with the Chinese Communist Party predates the foundation of the People's Republic of China (1949)
^Redl was appointed as the head of counterintelligence at the Evidenzbureau, the Austro-Hungarian military intelligence organization in 1907. However, Redl was already compromised by Russian agents c. 1900, and provided information to the Russian Empire until he was caught by Austro-Hungarian authorities in 1913.
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For the Marvel supervillain see Spymaster character This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article June 2023 This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader June 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message A spymaster is the person that leads a spy ring or a secret service such as an intelligence agency Contents 1 Historical spymasters 2 See also 3 References 4 NotesHistorical spymasters editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items June 2018 Name When Allegiance Agency Organization ServiceMotojiro Akashi 1904 nbsp Japan Akashi KikanVera Atkins 1944 nbsp United Kingdom Special Operations ExecutiveLavrentiy Beria 1938 nbsp Soviet Union NKVDArturo Bocchini 1927 1940 nbsp Fascist Italy OVRAWilhelm Canaris 1935 nbsp Nazi Germany AbwehrThomas Cromwell 1533 nbsp Kingdom of EnglandWilliam J Donovan 1941 nbsp United States Office of Strategic ServicesArmand Jean du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu 1616 nbsp Kingdom of FranceAllen Dulles 1953 nbsp United States Central Intelligence AgencyZhou Enlai 1928 1932 nbsp Chinese Communist Party note 1 Special Service section of the Central CommitteeUrban Work Committee of the Central CommitteeRafaat Gebril 1973 nbsp Egypt General Intelligence Directorate Egypt Sandor Goldberger alias J Peters 1930 1948 nbsp Soviet Union Communist Party USASidney Gottlieb 1951 1973 nbsp United States Central Intelligence AgencyHamid Gul 1987 1989 nbsp Pakistan Director General of Inter Services IntelligenceFaiz Hameed 2019 1 nbsp Pakistan Director General of Inter Services IntelligenceIsser Harel 1952 1963 nbsp Israel MossadR N Kao 1968 1977 nbsp India Research and Analysis WingRonnie Kasrils 1983 19892004 2008 nbsp South Africa Umkhonto we SizweMinister of Intelligence ServicesDavid Kimche 1953 1980 nbsp Israel MossadIvone Kirkpatrick 1918 1918 nbsp United Kingdom British Army Belgian resistanceMaxwell Knight 1924 1930 nbsp United Kingdom MI5Dai Li 1928 1946 nbsp Republic of China National Revolutionary ArmyColin Hercules Mackenzie 1940 1946 nbsp United Kingdom Special Operations Executive Force 136Yuri Modin 1948 1951 nbsp Soviet Union NKVDHugh Montgomery 1953 1981 CIA 1981 1985 INR 1989 2014 CIA nbsp United States Central Intelligence Agency Bureau of Intelligence and ResearchBhola Nath Mullik 1950 1964 nbsp India Intelligence BureauDonald Nichols 1951 nbsp United States 6004th Air Intelligence Service SquadronManuel Pineiro 1961 1964 nbsp Cuba Direccion de InteligenciaAllan Pinkerton 1855 1861 nbsp United States Union Intelligence ServiceWang Puchen 1948 1949 nbsp Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and StatisticsPyotr Rachkovsky 1885 1902 nbsp Russian Empire OkhranaAlfred Redl 1903 1913 nbsp Austria Hungary nbsp Russian Empire note 2 EvidenzbureauMao Renfeng 1946 1956 nbsp Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and StatisticsSemyon Semyonov 1937 1950 nbsp Soviet Union NKVDKang Sheng 1940s 1946 nbsp Chinese Communist Party note 1 Central Social Affairs DepartmentHugh Sinclair 1919 1939 nbsp United Kingdom Secret Intelligence ServiceMansfield Smith Cumming 1909 1923 nbsp United Kingdom Secret Intelligence ServiceRichard Sorge 1920 1941 nbsp Soviet Union Main Intelligence DirectorateSidney Souers 1946 1946 nbsp United States Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyGustav Steinhauer 1911 1914 nbsp Germany Nachrichten AbteilungWilliam Stephenson 1940 1946 nbsp Canada British Security Co ordinationEmanuel Sueyro c 1620 1629 nbsp SpainBenjamin Tallmadge 1778 1783 nbsp United States Culper RingJohn Thurloe 1653 nbsp Commonwealth of EnglandLiam Tobin 1919 nbsp Irish Republic Irish Republican ArmyFrancis Walsingham 1573 1590 nbsp Kingdom of EnglandGeorge Washington 1775 nbsp United States Continental ArmyWilliam Wickham 1795 1801 nbsp United KingdomMarkus Wolf 1951 1986 nbsp East Germany Main Directorate for ReconnaissanceShen Zui 1934 2 1949 nbsp Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and StatisticsKyrylo Budanov 2020 Present nbsp Ukraine Main Directorate of Intelligence Ukraine See also editList of American spies List of British spies List of German spies List of fictional spymastersReferences edithttps general history com famous spy masters through the ages Notes edit a b Years of service as a spymaster with the Chinese Communist Party predates the foundation of the People s Republic of China 1949 Redl was appointed as the head of counterintelligence at the Evidenzbureau the Austro Hungarian military intelligence organization in 1907 However Redl was already compromised by Russian agents c 1900 and provided information to the Russian Empire until he was caught by Austro Hungarian authorities in 1913 nbsp This job occupation or vocation related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spymaster amp oldid 1180955407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
