Desmond FitzGerald (June 16, 1910 – July 23, 1967) was an American Central Intelligence Agency deputy director and recipient of the National Security Medal. He was educated at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Harvard University. According to Smith's Encyclopedia of the CIA, in World War II he enlisted as a private, but later went to Officer Candidate School and became a liaison to the Chinese army. He became a major and was awarded the Bronze Star He was linked with the Chinese 6th army which operated in Burma. Later, he worked on CIA's prediction of the six day war.