Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (October 5, 1895 - August 9, 1961) was Dwight D. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff during Eisenhower's tenure at SHAEF and Director of the CIA from 1950 to 1953. He also served as US Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1949.
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| Preceded by: Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter | Director of Central Intelligence 1950–1953 | Succeeded by: Allen W. Dulles |
| Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America | Missing image CIA_seal.jpg Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States | |
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| Souers | Vandenberg | Hillenkoetter | Smith | Dulles | McCone | Raborn | Helms | Schlesinger | Colby | Bush | Turner | Casey | Webster | Gates | Woolsey | Deutch | Tenet | McLaughlin | Goss | ||