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#SDECE

2 entries tagged SDECE.

People (1)

  • Alexandre de Marenches Alexandre de Marenches (1921-1995) served as SDECE director from 1970 to 1981, organized the Safari Club anti-Soviet intelligence alliance, and whose co-author David Andelman testified that de Marenches had told him off the record of arranging an alleged October Surprise Paris meeting between William Casey and Iranian representatives.

Organizations (1)

  • Safari Club The Safari Club was a 1976 informal intelligence alliance organized by SDECE director Alexandre de Marenches to conduct anti-Soviet operations in Africa and the Middle East when the CIA was constrained by Church Committee oversight, with France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, and Iran as core members.