SUGGESTED CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

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• Publication Date: November 7, 1952
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MEMORANDUM? TO: Director of Central Intellig~
THROUGH: Deputy Director/Intelligence
SUBJECT: Suggested Candidates for Director,
National Security Agency
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1. The issuance of the Presidential Directive establish-
ing the National Security Agency raises an immediate problem
of selecting a Director for the Agency. The Secretary of
Defense, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff has the responsibility for appointing the Director.
2. In order that you may have readily at hand some sug-
gestions on this matter should the occasion arise, I have had
prepared a listing of various senior officers of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force.
3. Attached is that list with brief biographical notes
and a complete list of three and four star officers of the
Armed Services.
HUNTINUTON. D. SHELDON
Assistant Director,
Current Intelligence
Attachments
7 November 1952
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List of General Officers on Active Duty
ARM Y
GENERALS OF THE ARMY
BRADLEY, Omar N.
GENERALS
CLARK, Mark W.
HANDY, Thomas T.
COLLINS, Joseph L.
R: DGWAY, Matthew B.
ST,JITH, Walter B.
HULL, John E.
VAN FLEET, James A.
GRUEVTHEE, Alfred M.
HODGE, John R.
LIEUTENANT GENERALS
CRITTENBERGER, Willis D.
*KE ''S, Geoffrey
EDDY, Manton S.
BROOKS, Edward H.
LARK~N, Thomas B.
SWING, Joseph M.
ALMOND, Edward M.
BOLTE, Charles L.
HOGE, William M.
HICKEY, Doyle 0.
TAYLOR, Maxwell D.
BRUCE, Andrew D.
PICK, Lewis A.
MC AULIFFE, Anthony C.
O'DANIEL, John W.
BOLLING, Alexander R.
DECK- a,., George H.
,HARRISON, William K., Jr.
HAYS, George P'
KEAN, William B.
KENDALL, Paul W.
A I R F A R C E
VANDENBER.G, Hoyt S.
TWINING,, Nathan F.
CANNON, John K.
CHIDLAW, Benjamin I.
LeNAY, Curtis E.
NORSTAD, Lauris
WETLAND, Otto P.
LIEUTENANT GENERALS
EDWARDS, Idwal H.
CRAIG, Howard A.
RAWLINGS, Edwin W.
HARMON, Hubert R.
KEPdER, William E.
PARTRIDGE, Earle E.
HARPER, Robert W.
KUTER, Laurence S.
WHITE, Thomas D.
COOK, Orval R.
.STONE, Charles B. III
BARCUS, Glenn 0.
MY'+ S, Charles T.
CRAIGIE, Laurence C.
CABEL,L, Charles P.
JOHNSON, Leon W.
SMITH, Joseph
SCHLATTER, David M.
BOATNER, Bryant L.
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List of Navy Flag Officers on Active Duty
FECHTELER, William M.
RADFORD, Arthur W.
CARNEY, Robert B.
MC CORMICK, Lynde D.
DUNCAN, Donald B.
VICE ADMIRALS
HALL, John L., Jr.
CONOLLY, Richard L.
DELANY, Walter, S.
PRICE, John D.
LOW, Francis S.
STRUBLE, Arthur D.
STUMP, Felix, B.
JOY, Charles T.
BALLENTINE, John J.
CASSADY, John H.
WRIGHT, Jerauld
GARDNER, Matthias B.
MARTIN, Harold M.
DAVIS, Arthur C.
KILAND, Ingolf N.
BRISCOE, Robert P.
DUBOSE, Laurance T.
CALLAGHAN, William M.
FIFE, James Jr.
FAHRION, Frank G.
CLARK, Joseph J.
OFSTIE, Ralph A.
List of Marine Corps General Officers on Active Duty
GENERALS
SHEPHERD, Lemuel C., Jr.
LIEUTENANT GEN&R-AULS
CATES, Clifton B.
ERSKINE, Graves B.
HART, Franklin A.
THOMAS, Gerald C.
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4 November 1952
MEMORANDUM TO: Deputy Director/ Intelligence
FROM : Assistant Director, Current Intelligence
SUBJECT : Selection of Director, National Security Agency
1. Three senior officers are proposed as outstanding men
possessing the necessary qualifications for the task of Director,
National Security Agency. They are Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe,
USA; Lt. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, USAF; and Vice Adm. Francis S. Low,
USN. Biographical information is attached as Tab A.
2. To be considered as additional possibilities are Lt. Gen.
William E. Kepner, USAF; Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USA; Vice Adm.
Jerauld Wright, USN; and Lt. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards, USAF. Biograph-
ical information is attached as Tab B.
3. Consideration might also be given to retired officers. For
example, Vice Adm. Oscar C. Badger, USN (retired), Gen. Jacob Devers,
USA (retired), and Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, USA (about to
retire). Biographical information is attached as Tab C.
HUNTINGTON D. SHELDON
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ANTHONY C. McAULIFFE
Anthony C. McAuliffe was born on 2 July 1898 in Washington,
D. C. He is the son of John Joseph and Alice Gannon McAuliffe.
He was a student S West
fr from the United States ilitary6Academy.
and received his his B B.. and advanced
He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery ace
through the grades to Major General on 7 January 1944. He grad-
uated from the Field Artillery A War ~ollege,in g4 mmand and General
Staff School in 1937 and
In 1944 he was given command of the 103rd Infantry Division,
101st Airborne and other troops during the siege of Bastogne
(Belgian). He led the division which made nj fiction withsthe 5th
Army in the Italian Alps on 3 May 1945. he ent
Japan as Commanding General of the 24th Infantry Division. Later
he was Chief of the Chemical Corps and at the present time is AC
of S, G-1, U. 6. Army.
On 23 August 1920 he married Helen Millet Whitman and
have two children -- John Hilary and Patricia Ann.
home address is 3600 Porter St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
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CH RLFS P,RRE CABELL
Charles P. Cabell was born on 11 October 1903 in Dallas,
Texas. In 1925 he graduated from the United States Military
He
Academy and was commissioned as 2nd Lt., F.A., a.S?
advanced to rank of Major General, U.S.A.F. in 19117. In 1931
he attended the Air Corps Primary Flying School and the obser-
vation course of the Advanced Flying School. He attended the
Command and General Staff School in 1940 and the Army Navy
Staff College in 191.3. He served successively Operations Assistant
Chief of the Operations TraiChiefning
of gthand e Technical Coordin-
sian; Chief, Photo Unit,
ation Branch, Office of the Chief of the AirhCCorps., Wash Washiingtngton, was
D. C. from 1941 to 1942. From 1942 to
Cooxd.i.nation and in
Executive for Technical Planning cil
March 1913 he became a member of the Advisory io, Head-
quarters, Army Air Forces. In October of 1913 he nncil
quarters.,
to the 8th Air Force, European Theater of Operations, Apr in
December he became commander of the combat wing. From to July, 1944 , he was Director of Plans, U.S. Strategic Air Forces,
at the same time serving as Military Air Advisor to the US Repres-
entative on the European Advisory Commission in London. In July
of 1944 he became Director of Operations and Intelligence attended
the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. In this capacity he
the Yalta Conference. From May to December of 194 he served as
Chief of the Strategy and Policy Division of Air Plans, Head-
quarters, A.A.F. and following this he attended the London Con-
ference of the United Nations. He became the U.S. Air Repres-
entative on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations
in New York, and then Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
U.S.A.F., Washington,, D. Co., and is now Director, Joint Staff,
Joint Chief of Staff.
He has received the following awardst Distinguished Service
Medal, Legion of Merit, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distin-
guished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Honorary CommanderCint the
of Order ofrSt.hLauLegion of Honor., o de
rice and Lazarus of Italy.
British and Member Chevalier
Gueerree, and
In 1934 he married Jacklyn DeHymel and they have three
children -- Ben, Catherine and Charles. Gen. Caands h home
ho
address is 2506 Fort Scott Drive, Arlington, VCabell~n ,
his
office address is Director of Intelligence, Hq., Ur
Washington, D C.
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FRANCIS STUART LOW
Francis S. Low was born in Albany, New York on 15 August
1894. He is the son of William Franklin and Anna Stuart Low.
He was educated at Noble and Greenough's in Boston from 1905
to 1906 and graduated from Newton High School in Massachusetts
in 1911. In 1915 he received his B.S. degree from the United
States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in the
United States Navy. He advanced through grades to Rear Admiral
in 1942 and Vice Admiral in 19147. He was appointed to conduct
a special survey of the Navy's anti-submarine pr?f N vaa Oper-
ations, this he was nominated as Deputy
Admiral Low has been awarded numerous campaign medals
and decorations.
On 10 January 1918 he married Andrena LeMassena, and they
had one son, John Stuart. On 16 July 1949 he was married for
the second time -- to Alice Regua Filmer. Xdmiral Low is a
a
member of the Chevy Chase Club and the Army and Navy Club in
Washington, D. C. His address is Bureau of Naval Personnel,
Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
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WILLIAM E. KEPNER
William E. Kepner was born in Miami, Indiana on 6 January 1893, the son
of George Harvey and Julia Anh Dawson Kepner. He studied at LaSalle University
Law School. In 1921 he graduated from the Army Balloon School. He graduated
from the Army Airship School in 1922, the Naval Rigid Airships Course in 1925,
the Air Corps Tactical School in 1936, and Command and General Staff School
in 1937. He received ratings as a heavier-than-air command pilot, a combat
observer, a senior balloon pilot, a rigid airship pilot, a semi-rigid airship
pilot, and a metal-clad airship pilot.
From 1909 to 1913 he served as a private in the U. 6. Marine Corps, and
from 1916 to 1917 with the Indiana National Guard and the 28th Infantry,
Mexican Border. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt., Cav., U. S. Army, on 14 June
1917. He transferred to the Infantry as a 1st Lt. and advanced through the
grades to Lt. General in 1950.
He served as a battalion commander, A.E.F., participating in six major
engagements during World War I. He then transferred to the Air Service in 1920.
In 1925 he became Assistant Commandant of the Army Airship School. From 1927
to 1929 he commanded semi-rigid airships RS-1. In 1928 he won the Litchfield
trophy and the National Balloon Race as well as the King Albert trophy in the
Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race. The following year he became a
test pilot for the U. J. Navy metal-clad airship ZMC-2. In 1934 he piloted
and commanded the National Geographic Society - Army Air stratosphere balloon
flight. He participated in the first trans-continental blind flight for air-
plane as escort pursuit plane for Major Ira Eaker in 1936. He commanded the
Defense Pursuit Air Force at the Fort Bragg maneuvers in 1938 and commanded
the 1st Army Air Forces (1st Air Support Command) Carolina maneuvers in 1941.
From August 1944 to May 1945 he commanded the 2nd Air Division 8th Air Force,
and then he became Commander of the 8th Air Force, E.T.O., until August of
1945, at which time he became Commander of the 9th Air Force. In 1946 he
served as Deputy Commander of aviation atomic bomb tests at Bikini until
September of that year at which time he became Commanding General of the A.A.F.
Technical Training Command, Scott Field, St. Louis, Mo. Following this assign-
ment he served as Chief, Special Weapons Group Headquarters, U.S.A.F., 1947;
Commander, Air Forces and Deputy Commander Atom Bomb Tests, Operation Sand-
stone, Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, summer, 1948, and Commander, Air Proving
Ground, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1948-1950. He then became Lt. General,
Commander-in-Chief, U. a. Alaskan Command.
General Kepner has received the following awards: Distinguished Service
Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying
Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Marine Corps Good Conduct,
Mexican Border, Army of Occupation and Emergency Defense Force service medals,
E.T.O. ribbon with 6 stars, Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre with palm, Com-
panion of Bath, Order of Crown, Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order of Polonia
Restituta (Poland). He is a member of the National Aeronautics Association,
Third Regular Army Division World War I, Army-Navy Legion of Valor. He is a
32 degree Mason and is a member of the Athens Athletic Club (California) and
the Missouri Athletic Club.
He was married to Jean Howell Wilcox on 15 November 1920.
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Maxwell D. Taylor was born on 26 August 1901 in Keytesville,
Missouri. He is the son of John Earle and Pearle Davenport Tay-
lor. In 1922 he received his B.S. from the United States Military
Academy and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Engineers Corps.
He was a student at the Engineering School from 1922 to 1923,
the Field Artillery School from 1932 to 1933, the Command and
General Staff School from 1933 to 1935 and the Army War College
from 1939 to 191.0. In 19146 he received his Doctor of Engineering
degree from New York University. He was promoted through the
grades to rank of Major General in 1944. In 1926 he transferred
from the Corps of Engineers to the Field Artillery.. He was an
instructor in French and Spanish at the Military Academy from
1927 to 1932. From 1935 to 1939 he studied Japanese in Tokyo
and in 1939 he became assistant military attache in Peking,
China. He served as artillery commander of the 82nd Airborne
Division, overseas; division commander of the 101st Airborne
Division, Western Front; Superintendent of the United States
Military Academy, and Chief of Staff for American Forces in
Europe. He then became commander of American Military Govern-
ment and Array forces in Berlin.
He has received the following awards: Silver Star with Oak
Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service
Medal, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Unit Citation (U.S.);
Distinguished Service Order, Order of the Bath (England); Legion
of Honor, Croix de Guerre (France); Militaire Willems Order,
Knight lath Class (Netherlands).
He married Lydia Gardner Happer on 26 January 1925 and
they have two children -- John Maxwell and Thomas Happer.
His home address is care of Mary Happer, 2125 S St., N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
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JERAULD WRIGHT
Jerauld Wright was born in Amherst, Mass., on 4 June 1898. He is the
son of Gen. William Mason and Marjorie Jerauld Wright. In 1917 he graduated
from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in the
United States Navy. He was promoted through grades to Rear Admiral on 5 May
1943. During that time he was assigned to the U. S. S. Castine, 1917-1918;
the destroyers Dyer and Reid, 1918-1922; the U. S. S. Breese, 1922, and the
U. S. S. John D. Ford, 1922-1924. From 1924 to 1926 he was assigned to the
Presidential yacht, U. S. S. Mayflower and for the following two years he
served as Naval Aide to President Calvin Coolidge. In 1926 he was assigned to
the U. S. S. Maryland, and in 1929 he was attached to the Bureau of Ordnance,
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. until 1931. During this period he also
served as Naval Aide to President Herbert Hoover. From 1931 to 1934 he was
assigned to the U. S. S. Salt Lake City. The following year he was on the
Executive Staff of the United States Naval Academy. From 1935 to 1936 he was
aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and from 1936 to 1937 he was again
attached to the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1937 he served as Commander of the
destroyer U. S. S. Blue, and in 1939 he returned to the Executive Staff of the
Naval Academy.
During the war years he served as Executive Officer of the U. S. S. Missis-
sippi, 1941-1942. Following this he w4s assigned to the headquarters of the
Commander-in-Chief of the U. 6. Fleet and the staff of the Commander of Naval
Forces in Europe. He also served on the staff of the Commander of the Allied
Expeditionary Force and the staff of the English Admiral of the Fleet in 1943.
In that year he also became Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander of the
Naval Forces in Northwest Africa. In 1944 he was Commander of the cruiser
Santa Fe; from 1944-1945 he was Commander of Amphibious Group 5, and in 1945
Commander of Cruiser Division 6. From 1945 to 1948 he served as Head of Opera-
tional Readiness, Office of Chief of Naval Operations. In 1948 Admiral Wright
became Commander of the amphibious force of the Atlantic Fleet. He was on duty
with the Flagship U. S. S. Taconic, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., and
held the permanent rank of Rear Admiral. At the present time he is in London
in CINCNELM.
He has received the following awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion
of Merit, Gold Star Medal, 6ilver Star Medal, Letter of Commendation from
Commander in Chief of Pacific, Bronze Star Medal.
On 23 July 1938 he married Phyllis B. Thomson and they have two children -
Marion and William Mason. Admiral Wright's home is in Virginia Beach, Va., and
his office address is Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C.
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Idwal H. Edwards, born New York, 5 April 1895; graduated Air
Corps Tactical School, 1931; Commanding Staff School, 1935; Army War
College, 1938; rated command pilot, combat observer, air craft ob-
server; commissioned 2nd Lt. Infantry, October, 1917; transferred
to Air Force,1920 as 1st Lt.; advanced in grade to Brig. Gen., 1942;
Maj. Gen. 1943; Lt. Gen., October, 1947. On General Staff Corps,
1938-1940; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 1942; Commanding General,
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force in Europe; Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, October', 1947 to March, 1950; Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations, since March, 1950. Now Director of
Air University,' Maxwell Field, Alabama.
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OSCAR 0. BADGER
Oscar C. Badger, born Washington, D. Co, 26 June 1890; John's ofh.ege,
Charles J. Badger (Rear Admiral, U. S. N.); student, St.
S United States Laval Academy, 1911; graduated
, -1907; Col Col llegeege, , 19B?32; commissioned Ensign, U. S. Navy, 1911; advanced
Naaval alaW War
Naval . appointed
in grade to Rear Admiral (temporary) 27 May 1942; Colwander
U. S. Eastern Sea Frontier and Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
Congressional Medal of Ilonor, I'avy Cross, Distinguished Service
Cross, Mexican Service Medal, Victory Medal, American Defense Medal,
Legion of M'Ierit with Star.
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JACOB DEVERS
Jacob Devers, born York, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1887; B. S?
United States military Academy, 1909; commissioned 2nd Lt., F. A.,
U. S. Army, 1909; advanced in grade to 2~7a
tember, 1942; General, March., 1945; J? Gen. Officer Lt. Gen?, Sep-
Artillery, World War I; ' ; Executive officer, School of Field
Academy for five instructor in military tactics .
Years; detailed as field artillery ' U r? Military
operations with mechanized troops, 1930-1931; ?fficer in pla
in charge of mechanization of Panama expert on mechanization;
Panama Canal Department 1939 Canal defense as Chief of Staff
1940; Commander -1940; appointed Commandant Fort Bragg,
Commander, U.S. Armed Forces, Fort Knox, Kentucky, forces, European Theater of 1941; appointed
ing General, North African Theater of Gperations, 1943; Command-
Allied Commander of the Mediterraneanheater, o 1 and Deputy Supreme
6th Armored Corps, September, 1gam 944; Commanding General,
forces, 1945_lps Chief ; Commanding General, Army ground
Managing Director, , Army field forces, 1948_1949. Retired.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
Assistant to President, Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporattio Tec ical
Washington, D. C.
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WILLIS D. CRITTENBERGER
Willis D. Crittenberger, born Anderson, Indiana, 2 December
1890; graduated U. S. Military Academ 1913;
Command and General Staff School' 195' 25; Army War College arv , 1;
coYarnissioned 2nd Lt, U. S. Army , 1930;
co. Gs (temporary), 1913; advanced in grade to
z3 June 1946; military intelligence officer,
Manila, P.I., 1932-1934; assigned First Cavalry (Mechanized),
1934 and thereafter assisted with mechanization in army. On
duty officer, Chief of Cavalry, Washington, 1938-1940; Chief of
Staff, First Armored Division, Fort Knox, 1940-1941; Commanding
General, Second Armored Division, February to June 1942; Command-
ing General, Second Armored Corps, 1942-1943; Commander III
Armored Corps (later XJX Corps) 1943; Commanding General XIX
Corps' .England, January to March, 1944; Commanding General 4th
Corps, Italian campaign, 1944-1945; received unconditional sur-
render, Ligurian army,.A,rpil 1945; Commanding General, Caribbean
Defense Command and Panama Department, October 1945. Later on
with U. N. Military Staff Committee.
Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star;
Mexican Border Campaign; World War I; World War II; European
Theater of Operations; American Theater of Operations; Star of
Abdon Calderon, First Class, Ecuador; Legion of Honor; Croix de
Guerre, etc.
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