PENTAGON APPOINTMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200380026-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: January 17, 1961
• Content Type: PREL

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JAN. 17, 1961
PENTAGON APPOINTMENTS
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WASHINGTON (AP)THE KENNEDY
BE, ROBERT S. MCNAr4ARA, TO
TO PENTAGON JOBS.
MCNAMARA CHOSE NILS A. LENNARTSON, 45.v NOW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY, TO BE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
NORMAN S. PAUL, NOW LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FOR THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
PAUL HAS WORi(ED AS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE SINCE 19148, WHEN HE WENT TO WORK
FOR THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION-THEN THE FOREIGN AID AGENCY. HE
STAYED IN THAT FIELD UNTIL HE MOVED TO THE CIA FIVE YEARS AGO.
LENNARTSON WILL SERVE AS AN ASSISTANT TO ARTHUR SYLVESTER, WHO RECENTLY
WAS DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT-ELECT JOHN F. KENNEDY TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
LENNARTSON FOR SIX YEARS WAS A REPORTER WITH THE GUY GANNETT BZEWSPAPERS
AT PORTLAND, MAINE, AND SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK.
HE ENTERED GOVERN MMENT SERVICE IN 1948 AS A PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST FOR
THE AIR FOIE. WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE EISENHOWER AIlMINISTRATION, LENNARTSON
WAS DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTI4ENT OF CM. 4ERCE. FOR THE PAST THREE
YEARS HE HAS BEEN CHIEF OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
LENNARTSON'S WIFE IS THE FORMER EMILY WESTON OF SKOHEGAN, MAINE.
PAUL IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER BETTIE HUFFARD OF CHARLOTTBSVILLE, VA.
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