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rdfs:comment | - Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian CMG CBE (1886–1969) 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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Name | - Valentine Patrick Terrel Vivian
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Awards | - *Companion of the Most Distinguished
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Battles | - *World War I
*World War II
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laterwork | - Asst Director Central Intelligence 1914
- Asst Superintendent of Police 1906
- Superintendent of Police 1907
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abstract | - Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian CMG CBE (1886–1969) 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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