Direction générale des études et recherches

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The Direction générale des études et recherches was a French post–World War II intelligence service responsible for strategic studies and foreign intelligence gathering.

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instanceOf French intelligence agency
abbreviationLanguage French
country France
dissolved 1946
fieldOfWork military intelligence
political intelligence
strategic analysis
governmentBranch executive branch of France
headquartersLocation Paris
historicalContext French intelligence reorganization after World War II
inception 1944
jurisdiction Provisional Government of the French Republic
languageOfWork French
mainFunction foreign intelligence gathering
strategic studies
nativeName Direction générale des études et recherches
notableSuccessor Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure
operatedInPeriod post–World War II
parentOrganization Bureau central de renseignements et d’action
Direction générale des services spéciaux
partOf French external intelligence services
linked to: French intelligence
precededBy Bureau central de renseignements et d’action
replacedBy SDECE
Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage
scope external intelligence
sector intelligence
shortName DGER
status defunct agency
subordinateTo French government
typeOfOrganization civilian intelligence service

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Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action followedBy Direction générale des études et recherches
BCRA successor Direction Générale des Études et Recherches
linked to: Direction générale des études et recherches
Direction générale des études et recherches nativeName Direction générale des études et recherches