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Former head of the Special Branch Arthur Barrington will be appointed to head the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) on April 1.

Prime Minister Stuart Young, at a post-Cabinet briefing in St Ann's on March 20, said Brig Gen Anthony Phillips-Spencer's term as acting SSA director ends on April 1, and Barrington will be appointed as the permanent director.

Phillips-Spencer, who was the ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago in Washington, DC, will return to his diplomatic post.