LETTER TO MR. RICHARD GIZA FROM (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001700090053-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: April 24, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DG - G
Phone:
24 April 1978
Mr. Richard Giza
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Room H-405
The Capitol
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Mr. Giza,
I am enclosing a biographic sketch of Mr. Herbert E. Hetu,
Assistant for Public Affairs to the Director of Central Intelligence,
who will address the Wilmington, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
members here at the Agency on Friday, May 12th, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
The session will begin with our multimedia slide show on the
history of intelligence and Mr. Hetu will then address the group
for about 20 minutes and take questions for the remaining time.
As has told you, I need an alphabetized list of
the attendees wi full name and verification of U.S. citizenship
ten days in advance of the session. I would like to know the
mode of transportation that will be used since we have very
limited parking facilities here at the Agency. We find buses are
easier to accommodate than private vehicles.
We do not allow cameras, recording devices, weapons, explosive
devices, radio transmitters, or any other hazardous equipment into
the building.
If you have any questions, please call me ati We
are looking forward to the Chamber of Commerce's visit with us.
Sincerely,
ST
ST
Public Affairs ice
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HERBERT E. HETU
Assistant for Public Affairs
to the Director of Central Intelligence
Herbert E. Hetu is the assistant for public affairs to the
President's primary advisor on foreign intelligence. The Director
of Central Intelligence (DCI) provides the President and other
government officials with foreign intelligence, including national
intelligence estimates. He also develops national intelligence
requirements and priorities and supervises the production and
dissemination of national intelligence. In addition, the Director
also acts as the executive head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hetu was born in.Sharon, Pennsylvania on
He rose to the rank of Captain in the United States Navy and held
key public affairs positions with the Navy in Europe, Southeast Asia
and the United States prior to his retirement on June 30, 1975.
Hetu was assigned to the American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration (ARBA) by the Navy in April of 1974 as Executive
Assistant to the Administrator, John W. Warner, who was formerly
Secretary of the Navy. In January of 1975, he became the Assistant
Administrator for Communications and Public Affairs of ARBA. In
that position Hetu was in overall charge of ARBA's multi-media opera-
tions in support of the Nation's Bicentennial celebration.
Hetu's last naval assignment was as special assistant for public
affairs to the Secretary of the Navy, a position he held from January
1970 to April 1974. In 1969, he served as Director of Public Affairs
in the 7th Fleet's Detachment "Charlie" in Saigon. From November of
1967 to April of 1969, he was the public affairs officer in the office
of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, stationed in
London, and from June 1966 to October 1967 held the post of Special
Assistant for Public Affairs to the Chief of Naval Operations in
Washington, D.C.
He. began his naval career as a hospital corpsman in 1948. He
graduated from the Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island
in 1952, and was then assigned as a deck. officer aboard the heavy
cruiser, USS Salem. In 1954, he was assigned to the Navy Department's
Office of Information where he served as chief of the magazine and
.book branch. In 1956, he was named Assistant Public Information Officer
on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet in
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and in 1958 became Public Information Officer
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Jacqueline Mary. They make their home at
Vienna, Virginia.
Petros of Sharon, Pennsylvania. The Hetus have five children:
Michael Bradley, Deborah Jean, Susan Louise, Patricia Ann, and
on the staff of the Commander Service Force of the Pacific Fleet
also located in Hawaii. In 1959, he reported as the assistant.
officer in charge of the Navy Public Information Office in
Hollywood, California, and in 1961 was named the Navy press
officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.
Hetu became head of the audio-visual branch of the Navy's
Office of Information in 1962, and in 1964 he was selected to
attend Boston University's School of Public Communication. Upon
completing his post graduate studies in Boston he was assigned
as Public Affairs Officer for the Caribbean Sea Frontier and the
Tenth Naval District in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hetu has a Bachelor of Science degree from John Carroll
University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Master of Science in Public
Relations from Boston University.
His decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit; the Navy
Commendation Medal with Gold Star (second award) and Combat "V";
the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon; the Navy Occupation Service Medal
with Europe Clasp; the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze
Star; the Antarctic Service Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal; the
Vietnamese Armed Forces Honor Medal First Class; the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces Meritorious Unit Citation (Cross of Gallantry);
and the Vietnamese Campaign Medal.
He is the son of Herbert E. and Susan E. (Donnelly) Hetu of
Deerfield Beach, Florida. He is married to the former Margaret Ann
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