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Richard Helms

Also known as: DCI Richard Helms

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History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 10 facts

accountOn November 13, 1972, following his re-election, President Richard Nixon expressed his intention to ruin the existing Foreign Service and build a new one, while also planning to replace CIA Director Richard Helms with James Schlesinger.

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.

accountCIA Director Richard Helms approved a report stating that PAVN troop levels were 299,000 or less, despite the CIA's previous higher estimates, due to Department of Defense concerns that higher numbers would negatively impact public support for the war.

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.

accountOn June 23, 1972, Richard Helms was ordered by the White House to instruct the FBI to stop the Watergate investigation, using national security as a pretext.

accountBefore leaving office, CIA Director Richard Helms destroyed all secret tapes of meetings held in his office and many documents related to Project MKUltra.

accountPresident Richard Nixon ordered the removal of Richard Helms from his position as Director of Central Intelligence before Helms reached the mandatory retirement age of 60, despite a previous promise to let him stay until that birthday.

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.

quoteJim McCord wrote that if CIA Director Richard Helms was forced out and the Watergate operation was falsely attributed to the CIA, it would cause significant damage to the agency.

accountIn a recorded meeting in the Oval Office on June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon discussed Richard Helms, the Director of Central Intelligence, in a conversation with H. R. Haldeman.

The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu Douglas Kellner · UCLA 2 facts

quoteRichard Helms stated regarding Iraqi peace initiatives: "There was nothing in this {peace initiative} that interested the U.S. government."

accountFormer CIA director Richard Helms attempted to advance an Iraqi peace initiative involving withdrawal from Kuwait, but was unsuccessful.

The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... govinfo.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office 2 facts

claimIn March 1972, Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms created the 'Intelligence Community Staff' to assist him in the daily execution of his responsibilities regarding the intelligence community.

claimDCI Richard Helms established a National Intelligence Resources Board to review all Intelligence Community programs and budgets, and to referee community disputes.