DCI
<p><strong class="selflink">Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence (Northern Ireland)</strong> (DCI)</p>
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Following the advent of Direct Rule, the post of DCI was established by the first Northern Ireland Secretary, <a title="Willie Whitelaw" class="mw-redirect" href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/Willie_Whitelaw">Willie Whitelaw</a>, to act as his personal security advisor and link with <a title="General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland" href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/General_Officer_Commanding_Northern_Ireland">General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland</a>, and the Chief Constable of the <a title="RUC" class="mw-redirect" href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/RUC">RUC</a>. According to Christopher Andrew, the post was offered to MI5, but nobody of sufficient seniority could be found to fill it. Accordingly the first DCI was appointed on 31 October 1972 from outside MI5.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/Director_and_Co-ordinator_of_Intelligence_%28Northern_Ireland%29#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
An MI5 officer was appointed DCI in 1973.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/Director_and_Co-ordinator_of_Intelligence_%28Northern_Ireland%29#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></p>