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Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. Helms began intelligence work with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
Nov 1, 2002 · Richard Helms, who died last week at age 89, was described by his biographer Thomas Powers as a “gentlemanly planner of assassinations.” The epithet captured the essence of the former CIA...
Oct 23, 2002 · Richard M. Helms, a former director of central intelligence who defiantly guarded some of the darkest secrets of the cold war, died today.
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...
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.
The documents, historical works and essays 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.
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.
Oct 24, 2002 · Helms, the first career intelligence officer to head the CIA, died Tuesday night at his Washington, D.C.-area home, the agency announced Wednesday. It did not report the cause of...
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.
Oct 23, 2002 · Richard Helms, the spymaster who led the CIA through some of its most difficult years and was later fired by President Nixon when he refused to block an FBI probe into the Watergate...
