David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce was an American diplomat, intelligence officer and politician. During World War II, he was considered one of the three most strategically important intelligence officers at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), with tens of thousands of personnel under his command, and the lives of secretly-deployed spies and special operators operating behind enemy lines under his direct supervision. After the war, he served as ambassador to France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom and later was the first U.S. emissary to the People's Republic of China.
- Occupation
- lawyer, diplomat, politician, intelligence officer
- Position held
- member of the Maryland House of Delegates, president, United States Permanent Representative to NATO, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
