Valentine Vivian
Military Person
1886 – 1969
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Who was Valentine Vivian?
Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian CMG CBE was the vice-chief of the SIS or MI6 and was the first head of its counter-espionage unit, Section V. It was Vivian, who while attempting to introduce new blood into the service, selected Kim Philby who was later to become notorious as "The Third Man" double agent and who defected to the Russians causing considerable harm to the system he had infiltrated.
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- Born
- Mar 17, 1886
Kensington - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- 1969
England
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on July 23, 2013
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