Thirteen year ago, Brigadier H. E. Gilbert was appointed Director of the Security Service.

In 1962 he wrote an article for Salient which became something of a classic because of the virgin land it traversed.

We reprint this article today, to provide an insight into the mind of a person who would take on the job of director.

The Brigadier was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and the Royal Military College at Duntroon. He was an officer in the New Zealand Regiment between 1937 and 1957, and served with distinction in Italy and North Africa during World War II. He was awarded the D.S.O. in 1943 and the O.B.E. in 1945. After the War he was Director of Plans at N.Z. Army Headquarters and subsequently Commander of the Southern Military District and Army Liaison Officer in London.

Brigadier Gilbert is married and has three children.