RETIRED ARMY OFFICER DUE RECALL TO ACTIVE SERVICE AS OF JULY 1

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700480033-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: June 27, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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ET1RED AR1OFPIGER
ACTIV
RECALL TO
DUE
ASOFJULY SERVICE jf
ixw
It was IeetYtted
tPeview Of Berlin Plane that hts first tuts will be to sev e+
tfor the President the panrtlnf ao
Wing Reported To Be
His First Task ph1sleted threcoismm Ueasbe willtosubmDiit
endar.
Kennedy.
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Hp W[LI.IAhI KNI(it1N, JR. CIA job Ruled 001 ,,
I TwLshington Bureau o/ The Sun1 It also was teamed that there is
Washington June ^6-President no intention of a lntir,g General;
, Taylor to head the --au In1, Kennedy today announced the ~ap? t crice Agency, as saiT1Q reportJ~.isonal views to asset the Press k
i peintmcnt of Gen. Maxwell D. have had it since khat a ertey hag I dent in reacl.ing deCtafons. , *e;
former Army rhi"f of been roundly criticized for Its role White blouse said.
Taylor, i,.taff, to be his ersonal adviser in the Cuban fiasco. hi the. intelligence 5e1r1, the
rt..
.,a;tf the title of "military retire- Allen W. Duties, present CIA statement crlnttau0d. Taylor "will
,cntative of the President " dire ?tor, is expe:ted to retire U have the re.:pansihility of watch
Vic professional Army officer. ~,i c fail: lug the funciioning?t the .int lli
in farther explaining the otft- Bence apparatus of the Govetn
who has been retired for two , _,._... --iiirm L. whit. . ,,.._..: t .., itt? .
years, will be recalled to active 1{fruse as.e_rtett font ."as miurt:
service on July 1 and assume his (ieilrescntative" he will be " meets the future needs fho
new duties on that date. officer advising and assisting the Government.
immediately following the ill- President with regard to those "He will work closely eft. ivulft
Kennt military matters which reach him ,'-log with the Presidet"~'s fore
fated Cuban invasion, Mr.t
dy asked General Taylor to make as commander in Chief of the intelligence advisory bQakd ; and
armed fc:tees." vetd(y that niaximnr,> use is made
a personal survey of American in- telligence. This has been com, however, it was staked, "in ills'odi its recommendations, it west
leled and his report has been nee: role,,General Taylor will not . an.
t Ih~ int.~rnnrtKi t etwecn the Presl+ ,-... , :n t,,, e,?~itmhie. to
given to the President. dent ,n "d any of his statutory aQ? Ta
aininand Authority " represent the President when the
No
I. I
L, his new post, the White tatter desires scnIcr mlhta, rep
resentatirii at hui:re vi r'
years old, "will assls4 the Presi? A ;somewhat similar. port wast
dent as an adviser and staff offi? held at the White H se by Fleet.F
;end intelligence fields. chief of staff to the omrnander
? "lie will have no command att.. ? ? . fj in Chief" from 4942 o 1939, 5e r?11-w
Charity but will have .access to all .
Roosevelt and Bart i Truman.
i:+formatian necessary for the des ~.a,r.,etee sth ti'tli
the President." /~ 43o.,?and g:acluated in the
Military experts better,! General
. t.
Cla: s of 1922 from
Taylor to be the ideal V%1 for the ? ,t job for wh1Ch he was fed by Cen. ll +~lght
hook "U?u, a~)~~,;A ~~?
Point To Experje 4t
They point to his foot t 3rs' ex-
perience as chief of st;-1$5.5 to
195t+--plus what they. tr' his ex-
traordinary record bodi,,As war-
time division conmiand#j,.i.`xd as a
high-level administrate . ipt otia-
fought the F,ieenhvm
tion to obtain Ir.
the ~`1-my and tor'
.. try p>i:,ared bor
as fa. {,ucloar,,
coon,.
well
the Seeretr T7 obf D fehi3e;
Joint"'Chiefs e1'$t1 ;'bt' '1h4"~,
tional'$ecttrity;
1+'et9.her wili.,la , ba e'lttt
between the ;Prs tdt tt
i&ai's press seei'etery,.eddst
.iis awn.
'- 7behind enemy lie
emissary, to under
sptinsibilitieu and
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&~ffw of discovery and death.
b*ne division commander in the
liberation of Europe,. Taylor was
commander of the -8th Arty -in
Korea when the Ming stopped
there, and aster. came con-
statesf Far Fast Command.Iand
A(l r his retirernent in October,
Oomj any' fee a year, and since
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