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Richard Helms served as the Director of Central Intelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency, as evidenced by his interactions with subordinates like Sam Adams [1] and his role in agency operations during the Nixon administration [2]. Furthermore, his career and deep association with the organization are the primary subjects of the biographical work 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms & the CIA' [3].
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accountSam Adams, a junior CIA analyst, resigned from the CIA after expressing concern to Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms that intelligence estimates regarding enemy damage were altered for political reasons.
referenceThe book 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms & the CIA' by Thomas Powers (1979) provides a historical account of Richard Helms and the Central Intelligence Agency.
accountRichard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman instructed Central Intelligence Agency officials Richard Helms and Vernon Walters to communicate to FBI Director L. Patrick Gray that the FBI should not follow the money trail from the Watergate burglars to the Committee to Re-elect the President, because it would uncover CIA informants in Mexico.