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Oct 24, 2002 · Richard Helms, a former director of central intelligence who defiantly guarded some of the darkest secrets of the cold war, died of multiple myeloma today. He was 89.
Oct 23, 2002 · WASHINGTON Oct. 23 Richard Helms, a former director of central intelligence who defiantly guarded some of the darkest secrets of the cold war, died today of multiple myeloma. He was 89.
A Life in Intelligence - The Richard Helms Collection. This collection of material by and about Richard Helms as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Ambassador to Iran comprises the largest single release of Helms-related information to date.
Oct 23, 2002 · Richard Helms was director of Central Intelligence during some of the CIA's most tumultuous years. He was appointed by President Johnson in 1966 as CIA Director, the first career officer...
Seemingly a natural at managing secret operations, Helms rose from desk officer to DCI and came to represent a newtype of government professional: the career intelligence officer, steeped in the culture of clandestinity and devoted to the Agency as an institution.
The documents, historical works, essays, interviews, photographs, and video offer an unprecedented wide-ranging look at the man and his career as the United States’ top intelligence official and one of its most important diplomats during a crucial decade of the Cold War.
Helms cut his teeth under CIA directors Allen W. Dulles and Richard Bissell, both sidelined after the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. The failed attack orchestrated by the CIA during the JFK administration aimed to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power but ended in defeat and bloodshed.
