The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (generally known as DGSE) is France's external intelligence agency.

On April 2, 1982 it replaced the SDECE.

Most information on this page was taken from an unofficial site (http://www.dgse.org).

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	DGSE - General Directorate for External Security - Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure - French Intelligence ... (718 words) The DGSE was formed through the the integration of the diverse agencies of French intelligence from the Second World War. On 04 April 1982 the SDECE was replaced by the Directorate of the External Security (DGSE). But the "militarization" of the DGSE had slowed, and since the early 1980s the top DGSE military management was gradually replaced by civilians. DGSE - General Directorate for External Security - Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure - French Intelligence ... (718 words) The DGSE was formed through the the integration of the diverse agencies of French intelligence from the Second World War. Furthermore, the DGSE was no longer permitted to operate on French territory. On July 24, 2002, M. Pierre Brochand was appointed Director of the DGSE.
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