RABORN AND HELMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100160086-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2000
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: June 10, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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RABORN AND HELMS
Retired Navy Vice Admiral William Francis Raborn, Jr., was appointed
Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency on 11 April.
After tne news was out in June of 1964 that the then head of the CIA
John A. McCone was retiring, Washington abounded with the mention of
candidates to head this top US intelligence organ, but no one guessed that
it would be Raborn.
The self6ction of Raborn is linked with the defeat of US imperialism's
most recent aggression in South Vietnam. In order to step up intelligence
activities in South Vietnam, Johnson wanted a person for this job who was
"a doer" and familiar with conditions in the Far East. Known for his
"administrative perseverance," Raborn was both a fellow Texan and an old
friend of Johnson's and he had also knocked about the'P cific area, so he
caught Johnson's eye.
Raborn was born in Decatur, Texas, in 1905. He graduated from the
US Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1928. He later learned to fly and was an
instructor in naval aviation. During World War II, Raborn served in the
Pacific in the war against Japan. In 1944 he became the executive officer
of the Hancock. In 1945, the Hancock was hit by "kamikaze planes" off the
coast OrTiTa, but Raborn won a silver star" for "making prompt emergency
repairs."
After World War II, Raborn served as a Chief of Staff, Carrier Divi-
sion, West Pacific, afterwards he transferred to guided, missile research
and development work in the Navy Department's Naval Weapons Bureau, In
1950 he became the skipper of the USS ?Bairoko and was responsible for anti-
submarine training in Far Eastern waters. In 1951 he attended the Naval ?
War College. After leaving in 1952, he served until 1955 as commander of
the USS Bennington and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the
Staff of the CIC US Atlantic Fleet.
In 1955, he was detailed by the Secretary of the Navy to be in charge
of developing plans for the fleet ballistic system which included the
Polaris missile. These plans tied in directly with US global strategy
and involved more than 20,000 contracts and expenditures of 3.5 billion
dollars. During this time, Raborn put into effect a management system
known as PERT [Program Evaluation Review Technique] to strengthen the labor
system. This system to strengthen the exploitation of workers is now wide-
spread in US industry.
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Prior to his retirement, Raborn served as Deputy Chief of Staff
in charge of special plans from March of 1962 to September 1963. After
his retirement, the. Aerojet-General Corporation in California heard of
his "ability to do sticky jobs in a short period of time," and took him
on as a deputy chief manager in charge of plan management work, a job
which he engaged in until his present appointment.
A French newspaper said that Raborn's job as chief of the CIA was
an indication that "since the war in South Vietnam, the Navy was again
playing a role which could not be overlooked in US affairs." The Tokyo
Shimbun claimed that the pressing task confronting Raborn was to OFERTal
the CIA unit inSouth Vietnam and to study how the urgent intelligence
provided by he CIA could quickly be sent to Johnson and his advisors
and avoid a situation such as the bombing of the Saigon "Embassy" where
the White House had no previous warning of what might happen.
Together with the appointment of Raborn, Richard M Helms, the Deputy
Director for Plans, was named as CIA Deputy Director,
Helms has a reputation as a'so-called "first-rate orker." He is
from Pennsylvania and 51 years old. After having been a United Press
International Reporter in London and Berlin, he worked for the Scripps-
Howard newspaper chain which is closely tied in with the Morgan Financial
Bloc.
During World War II he worked for the OSS and was stationed in the
European theater as a Lieutenant Commander. After the war, the OSS became
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the CIA and he stayed on as a civilian. Beginning in 1962, he was re-
sponsible for plans and handled such secret activities as espionage, sub-
version, and support of puppet regimes. He controls half of the personnel
in the CIA.
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