born 1924 Harrow,London,England
son of Donald (died 1942) and Joyce Doyle
moved to Brussels 1925
moved to London (Gunterstone Road) 1932
educated Colet Court School,London 1932
educated Gresham's School,near Holt,Norfolk 1938
enlisted British Army Redruth,Cornwall
Royal Engineers September 1942-April 1943
US Army April 1943
10th Replacement Depot,Lichfield Barracks,Staffordshire
Private First Class
OSS
SUSSEX Plan (OSS) February 1944
driver-interpreter (PFC)
rejected for commission
OSS unit attached to 18th Airborne Corps 1945
discharged Fort Logan,Colorado
graduated Princeton University January 1949
CIA March 1949
Domestic Operations Division (Aliens Branch) 1949-50
San Francisco Office 1950-52
Directorate for Plans (Clandestine Services) 1952
Foreign Intelligence Staff,Projects Branch,CS 1952
Far Eastern Division (CS) 1955
Katanga September 1960-April 1961
Burundi July 1961-1963
Station Chief,Dakar,Senegal 1963-67
Soviet Bloc Division late 1960s
Brussels,Belgium May 1969-1971
Africa Division (Langley) 1971-77
retired from CIA 1972
awarded Intelligence Commendation Medal (CIA) 1975
energy consultant,US Department of Energy
residing Honolulu,Hawaii since 1980
novelist
author "Inside Espionage:A Memoir of True Men and Traitors" (2000)
married Ann Forbes 1950
married Hope (2nd wife)
