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American spy (1929-1975)

United StatesWritersLived 1929 to 1975 · aged 46
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Richard Skeffington Welch was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer. He was the Chief of Station (COS) in Athens, Greece, when he was assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N). S. government.

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Richard Skeffington Welch was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer. He was the Chief of Station (COS) in Athens, Greece, when he was assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N). His assassination led to the passage of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, making it a crime to expose or identify officers working in covert roles who had not officially been acknowledged as such by the U.S. government.

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Lived 1929 to 1975 · aged 46
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