Graham Russell Mitchell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Graham Russell Mitchell

British MI5 officer

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1905

Place of Birth: Kenilworth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1984

Profession: chess player, correspondence chess player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Graham Russell Mitchell

  • Graham Russell Mitchell OBE, CB (1905–1984), was an officer of MI5, the British Security Service, between 1939 and 1963, serving as its deputy director general between 1956 and 1963.
  • In 1963 Roger Hollis, the MI5 director general, authorised the secret investigation of Mitchell following suspicions within the Secret Intelligence Service MI6 that he was a Soviet agent.
  • It is now thought unlikely that Mitchell ever was a "mole".
  • Mitchell was an International Master of correspondence chess who represented Great Britain.

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