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Directorate-General for External Security

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The General Directorate for External Security (French: Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British MI6 and the American CIA. The DGSE safeguards French national security through intelligence gathering and conducting paramilitary and counterintelligence operations abroad, as well as economic espionage. It is headquartered in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.The DGSE operates under the direction of the French Ministry of Armed Forces and works alongside its domestic counterpart, the DGSI (General Directorate for Internal Security). As with most other intelligence agencies, details of its operations and organization are highly classified and not made public.

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Directorate-General for External Security
Rue des Tourelles, Paris 20th Arrondissement (Paris)

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Rue des Tourelles 36
75020 Paris, 20th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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