(SANITIZED) THE MG YEARS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00998R000100010012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 7, 1985
• Content Type: MISC

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The MG Yeart
? Early in 1957, after completion of an extensive period
of professional development training as an internal Junior Officer
Trainee,
was assigned
as its
Administrative Officer. This was the beginning of a distinguished
phase of this'officer's career during which he served in a variety
of general support positions in Headquarters, the Far East, and Europe.
Included in these assignments was a tour of duty as the Deputy Chief
of Support during the difficult and demanding period between
July 1966 and March 1968. was a charter member of what has
become the MG Career Service, and his performance in various assignments
during the 1960s and the 1970s set standards of performance for the many
MG officers who were to follow his path. His work consistently demonstrated
a total dedication to delivering the best possible support both in
Headquarters and at Field installations to the important operational
mission of the Agency. His quick mind, high energy level, and ever-
increasing knowledge of how to bring the Agency support mechanisms to
bear of operational problems served him well in each of his assignments
and brought him high praise from the demanding supervisors he served
during this period. Worthly of special note is the fact that he was a
master at maintaining that critical balance between delivering on a
timely/basismuch needed support to operating components, on the one
hand, and ensuring that Agency procedures and legal requirements are not
violated on the other. His record is repleat with comments from supervisors
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which make clear that while he did not compromise what was right and
proper, he nonetheless was able to provide the needed support when
and where it was needed. His integrity, candor, and personal charm
permitted him to establish personal relationships with those he served,
and this facilitated his ability to function as a fully participative
team member in the wide variety of organizations in which he served.
His record during these productive years is a credit to the Directorate
of Administrative and leaves behind a legacy of excellence to which younger
general support officers can aspire.
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