Walter Bedell Smith

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Director of Central Intelligence United States Army general diplomat human

Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.

Aliases (1)

General Walter Bedell Smith ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Director of Central Intelligence → United States Army general → diplomat → human →
allegiance	United States of America →
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal → Croix de Guerre → Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army) → Legion of Merit → Order of the Bath → Order of the British Empire → Order of the Crown of Italy →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
employer	Central Intelligence Agency → United States Army → United States Department of State →
familyName	Smith →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → intelligence → military strategy →
givenName	Walter →
languageSpoken	English →
middleName	Bedell →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryRank	general →
notableFor	reorganizing and strengthening the Central Intelligence Agency in the early Cold War period → serving as Eisenhower’s chief of staff in the European Theater during World War II → serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union after World War II →
notableWork	Allied staff planning for Operation Overlord → Organization of Allied headquarters in the European Theater in World War II →
participantIn	Cold War diplomacy → Italian campaign of World War II → North African campaign → Western Front (World War II) → World War II →
positionHeld	Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) → Director of Central Intelligence → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union →
sexOrGender	male →
workedWith	Allen W. Dulles → Dwight D. Eisenhower → George C. Marshall → Harry S. Truman → Joseph Stalin → Winston Churchill →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bedell →	isMiddleNameOf
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force →	notableCommander
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) →	notableHolder
Allen Dulles →	replaced
German Instrument of Surrender →	signedByForAllies
Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site ("General Walter Bedell Smith") →	surrenderAcceptedBy
Bedell →	usedBy