ESPIONAGE: RABORN TAKES HELM OF CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100080093-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 1999
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: April 18, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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'1 lte T .:~. ,en T?a n e Tbcnc
tt;~~i~,C~` i:; a fledgling amoug'the sp,y
;~;,~,,=e~?ices af.~the tivorid's gre~d~i;~power.
~lt tiv,i, created iu 1919. A(~o, unlil:F'
such : p~~ systems ,a~ Britaii`i's or the
Saviet~'Ciuir,TY's, ~ts~ilirector has been
a ratan oT'. promttzence whose identity
:,is pu.blirly known:
tiValtcr ~ed~ell"Smith, who too3c
over the i'TA from. its original chief,.
Rear Aifni: Roscoe H.:Hillenkoetter,.
t~ras a farmer am-
bas~ddar to iVl os-
cow. Smith was
iiatned in 1950 iu
a Shakeup at the
start of the Kars -
art ' war. Allen. W
l)ixlles, br~ath:er ryf
the late 5e~creta~rSr
of Stiate :fahn:l+`a5-
ter T)itlles, taol~
the past in :if~iii3
a~nr1 held ii ? un :il
'he retitled shortly
after the ill-fated
~~~ ~ '~; Eay of. Pxg'S inva
~~ ``'~ ~ ~'~ sioai of Cuba., i7
..7.961: `.Chan: Ties
` Adxn. Iialior,ti ~ id~entt John F: Ken
itcdy picked'Joht
' A..t1~7;cCone as ~)rA directar..:McCon
. had served as chairtna~n of tlie:Ataxn
u Energy Cornmis~toil
~~lerojet E~:ecutive
Last iveelc I'resideni; Johtlson
hope another prominent man tai
~ead tlte., agency--Vice Adm. Wil-?
iatn b'. Rabarri Jr. (ret.); who was in
hdrge of developing the Polaris sub-`
Zarine.nissile~system and has been''
rice president of Aerojet General'
'arp. for the past 1$ months. Rabarti'
akes over from McCone tivha ' an.-"
aunced'_his intention~to retire and;
eturn'to his hams and priva+te busi-
u~;s interests in San i~1a-vino, Calif.;
~i~l Decr~mber.
Rabcrri~, ::,~, was been in i',c.cat.u,r,`
I'cti., aTtd raised in Oktahoma. 'l.'he
?cTl-haired admiral is 1ca;0wn a, a,
al:e-charl;e ratan wlzo .Iets thitzgs:
Igoe, TTe tva a N~ivy.f:liet?. ,gunner,Y
nstractor, ship catnmander and,iT't
J63 became director of the Navy`s
'pecial Projects Office u-hich devel-:
ped the Polaris for subs. Flis re~'~
earth command tivas credited. with
a11y technological breakthroughs;
'ticludiilg a new navigatiax.al system.
be used by the ~m2sstde-launching:',
subs.
t3abaT', who now lives in Pasadena; ~'
has been a friend of iVTx~. ~oliixson for.,
1~ ,years. ,
Tile T't~esident also.;selected l;.tch-: ,
and I-IcGarrah~ Helms, 52, to be~depu~
i,y' director- of the CIA..:'13elnie has..
been' irvalved in inteiligei~ce work
;;inre World Wdt' Cf when he serve'
with .the Navy`s.Office of ~trat;egi;e
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