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Maurice Oldfield
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'''Sir Maurice Oldfield''' (
16 November 1915, Over Haddon, near
Bakewell,
Derbyshire -
11 March 1981,
London) was a
United Kingdom British espionage Administration administrator. He was
director-general of MI6 director-general of
MI6 between
1973 and
1978. In
1979 the new
prime minister,
Margaret Thatcher, asked Oldfield to coordinate security and intelligence in
Northern Ireland. He left this post in
1980 after his positive vetting clearance was withdrawn.
He was reputedly the model for
John le Carré's fictional character
George Smiley, though Le Carré rebuts this.{{ref|BBCinterview}}
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before=
John Rennie (spymaster) Sir John Rennie|
title=
Head of the Secret Intelligence Service Head of SIS |
years=
1973 -
1978|
after=
Dick Franks Sir Dick Franks|
}}
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Notes
#{{note|BBCinterview}} In an interview included in the
BBC_Television BBC's DVD release of
Smiley's People (1982, DVD release June 28 2004), Le Carré says of Oldfield:
:''...little, tubby man with spectacles. Was never the model for Smiley, I didn't meet him till after I'd invented Smiley but the press wouldn't wear that...''
Category:1915 births Oldfield, Maurice
Category:1981 deaths Oldfield, Maurice
Category:British spies Oldfield, Maurice
Category:Cold War spies Oldfield, Maurice
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