DESMOND FITZGERALD DIES AT 57; WAS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF C.I.A.

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• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 25, 1967
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New York Times
July 25 1967
Desmond FitzGerald Dies at 57;'
Was a Deputy Director of C.I. A.
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WASHINGTON, July 23-
Desmdnd FitzGerald, a deputy
director of the Central' Intelli-
gence Agency, died Sunday at
the age of 57.
Mr. FitzGerald collapsed dur-
ing a tennis match at his coun-
try residence at The Plains, Va.,
and died en route to the Fau-
quier County jlospital at War-
renton. .
He had been an officer with
the C.I.A. since 1951. An Es-
quire magazine article pub-
lished in April, 1966, identified
him as the man in charge of
espionage activities abroad. An
agency spokesman today de-
clined to comment on that.
Mr. FitzGerald was a law-
yer with the New York firm
of Spence, Hopkins, Walser,
Hotchkiss & Angell before join-
ing the C.I.A.
He enlisted as a private in
the infantry during World
War II, and rose to the rank
of major, serving mainly in
the China-Burma-India theater.
He was liaison officer with
Chinese troops', during the
Burma campaign and later was
liaison officer with the Chinese
New Sixth Army in China. He
was operations 'officer, G-2
lpeaW~ty.- in the-Chinese combat
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CPYRGHT
command in an in url
the last months of his service.
His decorations included she
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster, and: the Burma and
China Ribbons with batty?
stars.
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Mr. FitzGerald was born in
New York. He attended St.
Mark's School at Southboro,
Mass., Harvard College and the
Harvard Law School, where he
received his degree in 1935.
Mr. FitzGerald was the for-
mer husband of Mrs. Marietta
Tree, who was a member of
the United Stdt~gs delegation
to the United Nations. They
were divorced in 1947.
He was the chairman of the
Committee of Five Million, a
New York reform group that
hoped to defeat Mayor William
O'Dwyer in 1949. Mr. O'Dwyer
was re-elected.
Mr. FitzGerald is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Barbara Green
Lawrence FitzGerald; two
daughters, Frances and Joan;
a son, Desmond Jr.; a step=
daughter, Barbara Mary Law-
rence, and a sister.
A funeral service will be held
Tuesday at 4 P.M. in the Bethle-
hem Chapel of the National
Cathedral.
FITZGFRALb--Desmond; suddenly at Then
Plains, Virginia, age 57, husband of Bar?
bara Green, son of the late Harold and
Eleanor FitzGerald, father of Frances,.
Joan and Desmond Jr. Step-father of Bar
bara Lawrence. Brother of Eleanor - 0
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