What is Allen Dulles?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Allen Dulles |image = Allen w dulles.jpg |office = [[Director of Central Intelligence]] |president = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]]<br>[[John F. Kennedy]] |deputy = [[Charles P. Cabell]] |term_start = February 26, 1953 |term_end = November 29, 1961 |predecessor = [[Walter Bedell Smith|Walter B. Smith]] |successor = [[John A. McCone|John McCone]] |office1 = [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|Deputy Director of Central Intelligence]] |president1 = [[Harry S. Truman]]<br>[[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]] |term_start1 = August 23, 1951 |term_end1 = February 26, 1953 |predecessor1 = [[William Harding Jackson|William H. Jackson]] |successor1 = [[Charles P. Cabell]] |office2 = [[Director of the National Clandestine Service|Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Plans]] |president2 = [[Harry S. Truman]] |term_start2 = January 4, 1951 |term_end2 = August 23, 1951 |predecessor2 = Position established |successor2 = [[Frank Wisner]] |birth_name = Allen Welsh Dulles |birth_date = {{birth date|1893|4|7}} |birth_place = [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1969|1|29|1893|4|7}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |restingplace = [[Green Mount Cemetery]] |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education = [[Princeton University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[George Washington University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} |spouse = {{marriage|Clover Todd|1920|1969|end=his death}} |children = 3 }} '''Allen Welsh Dulles''' (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American [[diplomat]] and [[lawyer]] who became the first civilian [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (DCI). He was its longest-serving director so far. Dulles was head of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) during the early Cold War. He oversaw the