Phillips, David Atlee

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1922-10-31
Death 1988-07-07
English

Biographical notes:

Newspaper publisher, intelligence officer, and author.

From the description of David Atlee Phillips papers, 1929-1989 (bulk 1943-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983262

From the description of Papers, 1929-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149631

Biographical Note

1922, Oct. 22 Born, Fort Worth, Tex. 1940 1941 Student, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. 1941 1942 Student, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Tex. 1943 1945 United States Army Air Corps 1944 Prisoner of war, Germany 1948 Married Helen Hausman Haasch (divorced 1967) Moved to Chile 1948 1949 Student, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile 1948 1954 Owned and edited South Pacific Mail, Chile 1950 1954 Contract agent, Central Intelligence Agency, Chile 1954 Directed Central Intelligence Agency clandestine radio service to Guatemala during Arbenz coup 1955 Converted from nontenured contract agent to career officer, Central Intelligence Agency 1955 1957 Covert assignments, Central Intelligence Agency, Cuba and Lebanon 1958 1961 Owned and operated David A. Phillips Associates public relations firm, Cuba 1960 1961 Directed Central Intelligence Agency clandestine radio service to Cuba 1961 Joined State Department 1961 1965 Assigned to Mexico 1965 1967 Assigned to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1968 1969 Assigned to Washington, D. C. 1969 Married Virginia Pederson Simmons 1970 1972 First secretary, United States embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1972 First secretary, United States embassy, Caracas, Venezuela 1973 1975 Reassigned to Washington, D. C. Chief, Central Intelligence Agency Latin American operations 1975 Retired from State Department and Central Intelligence Agency; founded Association of Former Intelligence Officers 1975 1988 Lecturer, Potomac Lecture Bureau 1977 Published The Night Watch. New York: Atheneum 1984 1988 Owned and operated Stone Trail Press 1988 Central Intelligence Agency Seal Medal Published Secret Wars Diary. Bethesda, Md.: Stone Trail Press 1988, July 7 Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the David Atlee Phillips Papers, 1929-1989, (bulk 1943-1988), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Links to collections

Comparison

This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.

  • Added or updated
  • Deleted or outdated

Information

Permalink:
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67q1m93
SNAC ID:

Subjects:

  • Kidnapping
  • Kidnapping
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorism
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Kidnapping
  • Terrorism

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Intelligence officers
  • Intelligence officers
  • Publisher
  • Intelligence officers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Venezuela (as recorded)
  • Venezuela (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Venezuela (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)

SNAC Cooperative Logo

Social Networks and Archival Context

SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.

Sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration