Huibert Victor Quispel (3 June 1906 – 2 May 1995) was a Dutch naval officer. During

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, he was the director of the Netherlands Indies Government Information Service based in Australia – the service was established as an intelligence-gathering and propaganda organisation during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, and after the war, the

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. In 1960, Quispel wrote ''The Job and the Tools'', one of only two English language histories of the

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* 1906 births 1995 deaths Dutch writers Military personnel from Amsterdam Royal Netherlands Navy officers {{Netherlands-mil-bio-stub