A NEW CIA DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100010004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 23, 1972
• Content Type: NSPR

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The retirement. of Richard H lms from
the Central Intelligence Agency at. 60 years
of age represents an end to the era of pro-
fessionalism in the CIA. His successor
times R. Schlesin reo is a capable economist
and student of strategic studies, but he is
not 'n-1 up through the ranks director of us-
Helms dates back to the long regime of
Allen Dulles, who himself came out of the
fabled Office of Strategic Services of ti ,'orld
War II. Thus a long; chain is broken,
and we would be hopeful that it does not
% represent the politicization of the CIA.
I1elms retirement appears to he lust that be-
cause he his often urged that members of
the agency retire at 00 and he is doing the
same thing.
The new director is considered to be .a
systems n; ;nagcr \,?l,ich is quite a different
thing from one who has a flair for the pecu-
liar business of intelligence, or an individ-
ual who by long experience knows when
to play a hunch. it will therefore be a dif-
ferent CIA; if it can be as effective under
the new director as the old, the nation will
be well served.
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