LETTER TO MR. JEAN J. COUTURIER FROM RICHARD HELMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00313R000300010076-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: November 3, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Mr. Jean J. Couturier, Executive Director
National Civil Service League
1346 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
It is my pleasure to nominate Colonel Lawrence K. White, Executive
Director-Comptroller of the Central Intelligence Agency, for the four-
teenth Annual Career Service Awards of the National Civil Service League.
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with this Agency which was then in its earliest organizational phase.
Colonel White was a principal architect of the Agency's management and
administration concepts and practices and through the years has served
in ever more responsible roles. He has served as Executive Director-
Comptroller under two Directors and in top executive positions under four.
His outstanding accomplishments are recognized throughout national security
departments both in the United States and abroad. His dedication to the
progressive improvement of management in the Federal Service and his total
involvement in the organization and development of this Agency over the
past twenty years has shown him to be an outstanding career executive in
the service of the United States Government.
Colonel White began his civilian career of public service
. I recommend Colonel White to the National Civil Service League for
its 1968'Career Service Award as I consider him to be one of the most
brilliant executives with whom I have been associated.
Sincerely,
Richard Helms
Director
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
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The Honorable Mortimer M. Caplin
National Civil Service League
1346 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
Thank you for your letter inviting me to submit nominations
for the fourteenth annual Career Service Awards of the National
Civil Service League. I am nominating Colonel Lawrence K. White,
our Executive Director-Comptroller, and have submitted the
nominating materials to Mr. Couturier.
Colonel White is a brilliant executive who has served
with this Agency During his many years of service
in top executive positions, he has contributed much to the
success of the Central Intelligence Agency. In my opinion,
he has earned the recognition which the Career Service Award
accords.
Sincerely,
Richard Helms
Director
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NAME, TITLE AND GRADE: Lawrence K. White, Executive Director-Comptroller,
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ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D. C.
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EDUCATION: 1929-33 U. S. Military Academy, West Point -- B.S., Engineering,
Philosophy; 1937 Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Georgia;
1953 Human Resources Program; 1959 Advanced Management
Program, Harvard University; 1960 Management Analysis
Conference, Brookings Institution
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 20 Years MARITAL STATUS: Married, 3 children
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 10 June 1912, Union City, Tennessee
Colonel White has had two distinguished careers, one in the Army and
one in the Central Intelligence Agency. He entered military service
in 1929 as a West Point Cadet-and retired on combat disability, Colonel,
USA, in 1947. He served with the Philippine Scouts from 1939 to 1941.
Colonel White served in the South and Southwest Pacific Theaters during
World War II and was wounded in combat in the Philippines in 1945. After
being hospitalized for approximately two years, he retired from activeSTATSPEC
demonstrated executive competence e 'Assistant
Deputy Director for Administration, and to his succession to the position
of Deputy Director for Support in 1954. It was here that his full talents
and abilities were widely demonstrated and proved. In this capacity he
had the responsibility of shaping the framework of the support organization
of the total Agency. He served as Deputy Director for Support until July
1965 when he was appointed by Admiral Raborn, then Director of Central
Intelligence, as Executive Director-Comptroller, which is the Agency's
top management position, in which he is currently serving.
As Executive Director-Comptroller, Colonel White is my chief executive
officer and third official in the channel of command. He is charged with
the over-all management of the Agency including the responsibility for
directing the budget, program analysis and all the manpower functions
of the CIA. He ensures the necessary action by the proper components
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on my decisions and those of the Deputy Director, oversees the internal
management of the Agency and coordinates the activities of the four major
Deputy Directorates. In this role, he is comparable to a Chief of Staff
and exercises both directive and approval authority. In my absence and
that of the Deputy Director, Colonel White is the Acting Director of
Central Intelligence. The complexity of U. S. responsibilities in the
world and the comparable complexities of Agency responsibilities present
daily challenges to Colonel White which he meets with unlimited ability,
imagination and dedication. The nomination of Colonel White for the
Career Service Award is based on his superior executive performance which
contributes immeasurably to the success of this Agency's objectives and
to those of the nation.
Submitted by:
Director of Central Intelligence
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