WALTERS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CIA, IS LEAVING

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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
23 APRIL 1976
hi CAS
By PAU HEALY
L
Washington. April 22 (News Bureau)--..President Ford announced today that Lt. :rent investigation, of United
'4'ernon.jlr.iltcrs, a Watergate figure arc', long-tint: States ec es anage-
nd o and surveil-
r e friend of Richard Nixon, had
Subm teed -his-resignation :as deputy director of the Cent al' lnttellig'ence Agency. Ford lance
Zlalters name p6e ped. u.
named E. -Henry Knoche, a career CIA official, to. replace Walters... the Watertate sto Iy in
on Nessen, White House ry when it t was
disclosed that 11. R. Haldeman,
press secretary
said that Val- l
th
,
eave when his suc ind h 4
en White Hhiff
cessors co- nameim to the No. 2 CIouse ce o staff
A to, ters submitted the resignation firmed by the Senate. position in, 1972. had asked Walters w tell L. , who when Ford appointed George Walters, 59, native New York- Nesseir insisted that Ford and Patrick of the Federal s Bureau
Bush as CIA director last Janu- er, Bush both had "a very high re- of Invest. ?
ary, because the' deputy director iU
with a command of eight banon, to stay the
wanted to retire after-35 years' languages, found a place in the gard" for Walters.-But reports hell out of" any inquiry into the
service with Army and because. sun as es interpreter for Presi- persisted that the President had June 1972 burglary at the Demo-
he thought Bush "wanted to dents Harry Truman, Dwight old ffer to resign as three-ion'
the ctCommittee'slheadquarters. The
build his own team," Nessen Eisenhower, John Kennedy; Lyn- Ford administration's reorgan- pretext for the message to Gray
said-Bush asked Walters to stay don Johnson and Nixon at vari- ization of the intelligence corn- was that such an inquiry might
ion for a while. Walters will ous summit , meeting. Nixon munity in 'the wake of govern-.somehow be embarrassing to the
1U.S. and thereby affect national
s
it
ecur
y this sch i
.eme wasPp-
,proved by Nixon, who regarded
Walters (lid pass on the
Haldeman instructions to Gray,
according to Walters' testimony
I gv ~e corlrni;Lree. -
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BALTIMORE SUN
23 APRIL 1976
Washington-Lt. Gen. Ver-
non A. Walters, a Nixon ap-
pointee who r esisted Watergate
coverup efforts, is resigning as
deputy director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and will be
replaced by E. Henry Knoche, a
civilian veteran of 23 years'
service with the agency, the
White House announced yester-
day.
The appointment of Mr.
Knoche, now an associate depu-
ty director, appeared to under-
score the shift in emphasis at
the CIA toward collection and
analysis of foreign intelligence
and away from the sort of co-
vert operations that figured
largely in last year's congres
.sional investigations of intellig
ence agencies.
That shift began in the short'
term of James R. Schlesinger,'} associate deputy to Mr. Colby.
who headed the CIA for six Mr. Knoche is a native of
months in 1973, succeeding Ri-~Charleston, W. Va.
chard Helms.
A CIA spokesman said Gen-
eral Walters's resignation was
connected with his intended re-
tirement from the Army June
30, after 35 years of uniformed
service, much of it in the intel-
ligence field. The general, 59, a
.colorful figure known for turn-
ing up at trouble spots, speaks
.eight languages with fluency
but has no college degrees at
all.
At the White House, Ronald
II. Nessen, the presidential
':. press secretary, gave no special
reason for acceptance of Gen-
eral Walters's resignation at
this time except that, after a
transition period: "George Bush
wanted to build his own team."
Mr. Busb, former United
States representative in Peking,
was installed as director of cen-
tral intelligence in February,
with broadened authority over
other federal intelligence activ-
ities as well as those of CIA. He
succeeded William E. Colby in
the government shake-up Presi-
dent Ford announced last Nov-
- Under the law, one top CIA
official-director or deputy-
but not both may be drawn
from the military service. 1r.
Bush has named Vice Adm.
Daniel J. Murphy, a former 6th
Fleet commander in the Medi-
terranean, to another deputy's
post, charged with overseeing
the "intelligence community"-
CIA and other agencies-and
managing intelligence.gather-
ing resources.
51, joined the CIA in 1953, and
combines the requisite talents
of analvct an~i arlminicfr:~tnr
Ile has headed several of the d1VT
CIA's major 67 he was five, high, Bost IR
pearears until 1967 he was a spe- ll~ uiA
cial assistant to the director .L.
and deputy director, and then ByCELkRLES W.COP.DDRY
became executive director of Washino!on Bureau rf the St,n
the agency's National Photo-
graphic Interpretation Center.
That was followed by a year,
in 1969, as head of CIA planning
and budgeting and in 1970 Mr.
Knoche became deputy director
for current intelligence, super-
vising preparation of daily in-
telligence reports for top gov-
ernment officials.
Thereafter he headed the
CIA's office of strategic re-
search and in 1975 was named
General Walters, - a New
Yorker, was appointed deputy
director by then-President Ri-
chard M. Nixon in 1972.
Within a week of the Water-
gate burglary in June of that
year, there were White House
efforts to have the CIA pay the
burglars' bail and involve the
agency in covering up the af-
fair, calling off FBI investiga-
tions on alleged grounds of na-
tional security.
General Walters relayed
some of the White House re-
quests to L. Patrick Gray 3d,
then FBI director. But the gen=
oral was to write at length in a
memorandum of July 6, 1972,
that he was "quite prepared to
resign" if ordered to send Mr.
Gray a letter contending that
investigation of the Watergate
case could jeopardize U.S. secu-
rity and CIA covert operations.
General Walters joined the
Army as an enlisted man in
1941. He had lived abroad with
his parents and was schooled at
St. Louis Gonzaga School in
Paris and Stonyhurst College in
England, but took no degrees. -
A year after entering the Ar-
my, by then a second lieuten-
ant, he participated in the land-
ings in North Africa. Later he
saw service in Italy.
During most of the remain-
der of his career he engaged In
intelligence and attache work,
and served as Interpreter on
overseas trip.% for Presidents
Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Ei-
senhower, John F. Kennedy,
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WASHIP3GI'UN f~Vb'f
23 APRIL 197
Ili 69 Resigns Q a6
jay William Chapman
I.Vashlnston Post Start Writer
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Wal-
sters, the Central Intelli-
Dence Agency official who
was used by the Nixon
White House in an attempt
;to block. the ,Watergate in-
estigation, resigned yester-
-day as,the, agency's deputy
iirectort
The white; TTouse an-.
,noitncedthe resignation and
said that:a: veteran civilian
JCIA official,-Associate Dep-
uty -'Director .'-E. Henry
Knoche, will be nominated
'to replace him.
White House press secre-
tary Ron Nessen said that
Knoche is the choice of CIA
Director George Bush, who
jwants. "to build his own,
team" at the intelligence
agency. M.
Walters, 59, submitted his
resignation as a matter of
protocol in January when
Bush tool: over. He is sched-
uled to retire from ? the
Army on June 39 when he
will have completed 35 years
of service.
A skilled linguist, Walters
served as Interpreter for
five Presidents during his
Army career and was a close
friend of former President
'-Nixon, who appointed him
to the CIA No. 2 spot in
1972.
Shortly afterward, Wal-
ters became involved in the
efforts of White House aides
H. R. Haldeman and John D.
Ehrlichman. to limit the
FBI's investigation of the
Watergate burglary.
Walters later testified
he was ordered by Halde-
man to instruct FBI ]Direc-
tor L. Patrick Gray to cease
investigating leads in the
burglary case that might ex-
pose CIA operations in %lex-
ico..
Gray at first agreed, but
later said the investigation
would proceed unless he re-
ceived signed CIA .: docu-
ments instructing .:him to
hold off.
At a subsequent meeting,
Walters said, he and Gray
agreed that the FBI investi-
gation into' Republican'cam-
paign money used to finance
the burglary could not be
blocked by CIA intercession.
Walters also said that Nix-
on's counsel, John W. Dean
111, at one point suggested
to him that CIA covert
funds could be used to pay
the flail and salaries for the
five Watergate burglars.
Walters refused.
VERNON 'A. WALTERS
- - , appointed in 197'5
A CIA spokesman said
yesterday that Walters' res-
ignation has no connection
with recent investigations of
the agency's activities and
the revelations of domestic
spying .orwith the current.
reorganization of the intelii=
gence community.
"Ile simply felt that he
has been here long enough
and that it's time to retire,"
the spokesman said.
Walters' resignation will
take effect on the day that
his successor is confirmed
by the Senate, the White
House said. ?'"
Nessen said that President
Ford "has a very high re-
gard" for Walters and for
the work he has done- Ile
said that Walters has of-
fered to serve in any other
capacity at the President's
request andllr, Ford is con-
sidering the offer.
The confirmation of
Knoche would break one
long-standing tradition at
the intelligence agency.. For
the first time since the
agency was founded in 1947,
neither the director nor his
principal deputy would be
military men. -
Knoche is a 23-year vet- .
Bran with the CIA who has
held a series of administra-
tive positions. As deputy di-
rector, he would be - : in
charge of the agency's day-
to-day operations. .
Knoche, 51, joined--the
CIA in 1953 as an -intelli-
gence analyst specializing in
Far Eastern political . and
military affairs. He had pre-
viously served two tours of
duty as a naval officer, dur-
ing World War II and the
Korean war.. -
;From 1962 to 1967, Knoche
was a special assistant to
the CIA director. In 1967, he
became executive director
of the National Photo-
graphic Interpretation Cen
ter. ?
.1969,1c heeamedeputyr.
director ;?; for p1anning and.':
budgeting and the following.
year was named deputy di-
rector for current intelli-
gence.
. From 1972 to'1975, Knoche
was chief of the intelligence
directorate's office of strate-
gic research and In 1975 was
appointed by Mr. Ford as as- j
sociate deputy to the then
director, William Colby-
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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
23 APRIL 1976
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Lt. Gen. Vernoa
Walters is quitting as CIA deputy di-
rector, the White House announced
Thursday.
E. Henry Knoche, CIA associate
deputy director, will be nominated to
replace Walters, the White House
said.
Walters', resignation was a sur-
prise, and the details came to .light
gradually.
The first word came in a single
sentence at the bottom of a White
House announcement that President
Ford planned to nominate Knoche to
the CIA's number two position.
The. White House did not elaborate
.immediately. Efforts, to reach Wal-
ters proved futile. A CIA spokesman
said the deputy director was out of
td_'fA U fa
town and not available for comment.
An hour and a half later Press Sec-
retary Ron Nissen said Walters was
quitting because he believed that he
was "overdue to get out of the
Army." The deputy director also rec-
ognized that CIA Director George
Bush would want to pick his own top
assistant, Nessen said.
Walters, 59, was appointed deputy
director by President Richard M.
Nixon in 1972.
. A CIA spokesman refused to com-
ment on whether Walters' resignation
stemmed from investigations of the
agency during the past year or from
Ford's reorganization of the nation's
intelligence agencies. .
"On timing, I don't think we would
want to comment on that or get into
a discussion on that," the spokesman
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said.
Ncssen said Walters submitted his
resignation in January after Ford
named Bush to head the agency.
Bush did not accept Walters' resigna-
tion immediately, Nessen said, add-
ing that Walters had been scheduled
to retire from the Army. The. date
has been set for .Tune 311.
Knoche was chosen because Bush
"wants to build his own team," Hes-
sen said.
Knoche, 51, a civilian, `sent to work
for the CIA in 19;3 as an intelligence
analyst specializing in political and
military affairs. He has been 'cxecu?-
Live director of the agency's national
photographic interpretation center,
deputy director of planning and
budget activities and deputy director
of the office of current intelligence.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
23 APRIL 1976
Deputy CAA Director Vernon Walters is
resigning. The 59-year-old Army lieutenant
general is leaving the agency because Direc-
tor George Bush "wanted to build hi i own
team." a White House sookesman said. Ford
will nominate Associate Deputy CIA Direc-
tor Henry Knoche'as a successor. Walters
was a key Watergate witness who testified
that he tried to stop the FBI Watergate in-
vestigation on Nixon's orders.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
23 APRIL 1976
CIA resignation
Lt-Gen. Vernon A. Walters is quit-
ting as Deputy Director of the em-
battled Central Intelligence Agency,
the White House said, to be suc-
ceeded, it is believed, by associate
deputy director E. Henry Knoche.
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LVJ 1117V1i11.?.:,O l11"air/
23 APRIL 1.975
Walters .Resigns
No. 2 Post at CIA
From Times Wire Services
WASHINGTON-Lt. Gen. Vernon
A. Walters, the Central Intelligence
Agency official who was used.by the
Nixon White House in an attempt to
block the Watergate investigation,
resigned Thursday as the agency's
deputy director.
. The White House announced the
resignation and said that a veteran
civilian CIA official, Associate. Dep.
Director E. Henry Knoche, would be
nominated to replace him.
Walters' resignation came as asur-
prise, and details surrounding his
quitting unfolded piecemeal. The first
word came in a single sentence at the
bottom of a White House announce-
ment that President Ford planned to
nominate Knoche to one of the CIA's
No. 2 positions.'.
The White House did not immedi-
ately elaborate. Efforts to reach Wal-
ters proved futile. A CIA spokesman
said the deputy 'director was out of
town and unavailable for comment. .
An hour and a half later Press Sec-
retary Ron Nessen said that Walters
Gray: testuied, however.
that Walters refused to put
the order in writing and
abandoned the White House
plan, telling Gray, "I'm not
going to let those kids at
the White House kick me
around."
Walters also said that
Nixon's counsel, -John W.
Dean 111, at one point sug
gested to Min that CIA
covert funds could be used
to pay the bail'and salaries
for the five Watergate bur--
I glars. Walters refused.
---A CIA - spokesman said
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that -h
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Vernon A. Walters ' ?
signation had no connection
AP Wfrephoto with recent investigations
of the agency's activities and disclosures of domestic
spying, with the current reorganization of the intelligence
system, or Watergate.
"For crying out loud`." the spokesman said. "Any sug-
gested connection between Gen. Walters' friendship with
former President Nixon or Watergate and his leaving the
e IA'does not do him justice.
"Fie has heen a distinvuished Armv officer for the nast
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was quitting because he believed himself "overdue to get
out of the Army."
Nessen also said that Knrrche was the choice of CIA Di-
rector George Bush, who wanted "to build his own team"
at the intelligence agency. "
Walters, 59, submitted his resignation as a matter of
protocol last January when Bush took over.. He is sched-
uled to retire from the Army on June 30, when he will
have completed 35 years of service.
A skilled linguist, Walters served as interpreter for five
presidents during his Army career and was a close friend
of former President: Richard M. Nixon, ter: no appointed
him to the CIA's No. 2 spot in 1972.
Shortly afterward. Walters became involved in the ef-
forts of White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John D.
Ehrlichman to limit the FBI's investigation of the Waters
gate burglary.
Walters later testified that he was ordered by Halde-
man to instruct acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray UII to
? cease investigating leads in the burglary case on national
security grounds. Nixon's precise role in that effort,
however, remained unclear until the later disclosure of
the White House tape recording that forced his resignation.
It showed that, on June 23,1972, Haldeman told Nixon
that the FBI investigation was touching politically dange-
rous areas and recommended:
"The way to handle this is for us now to have Walters
tall Pat Gray and just say, 'Stay to hell out of this .. .
This is the CIA'
The 'tapes show that Nixon approved that suggestion.
Testifying at the Watergate coverup trial in November,
1974, Walters confirmed that he told Gray the FIII inves-
tigation "could expose ... CIA cover operations in Mexi-
co."
Gray at first agreed, but later said the investigation
would proceed unless he received signed CIA documents
.. s _ instructing him to hold off.
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Unlulluu 'a'x1 bUfl
23 APRIL 1976
Walters,
NOG 2 in
TA,. u
WASHINGTON-Lt. Gen, Vernon A.
Walters, who gave damaging testimo-
ny in the Watergate case despite his
close friendship with Richard 211. Nip
on, resigned Thursday as deputy di.
rector of the CIA.
The White House, which made the
announcement in a brief statement to
reporters, did not give a reason for
Walters' resignation as No. 2 Central
Intelligence Agency official.
source said the mairi reason was the
administration's desire to have a ca-
reer CIA official hold the deputy di-
rectorship under the new director,
George Bush. Walters- had been in
the CIA for just four years. He was
appointed deputy director last, year
by President Ford.'
Ford said he was nominating 1?;.
Henry Knoche, who has served in the
CIA for the last 26 years, to replace
Walters.
TILE IN'WLLIGENC1; community
source said Walters was leaving for
several reasons, but the major one
was that his CIA experience was not
extensive enough to qualify him for
the No. 2 job in the agency. Bush has
Said his top assistant should be run-
ning the day-to-day operations .of the
agency. .
The source said other reasons in-
eluded Walters' personal desire to
k r',
Al~
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
leave the, agency and the administia-
,tion's desire to bolster the Watergate-
damaged morale of the agency.
But a CIA spokesman said Walters,
who will be 60 in January, asked to
be retired from the Army a month
ago.
"For crying out loud," the spokes-
man said. "Any suggested connection
between Gen. Walters' friendship
with former President Nixon or
Watergate and his leaving the CIA
does not do him justice. Ile has been
a distinguished Army officer for the
last 35 years and served three Presi-
dents directly as an interpreter
"G. WALTERS is a military oF-
ficer on active duty. A month ago, he
asked the Army chief of staff to be
placed on the retired list: He will be
60 next January,. with 35 years of
distinguished service behind him.".
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23 APRIL 1976
WASHINGTON, April ?22( "He has been a distinguished.
(UPI)-The' White house an- Army officer for the past 35
Bush 'Wants Own. Team'1
Gen. Walt&s Quits C.I.A.
nouoced today the resignation
of Lieut. Gen. Vernon A. Wal-
ters as Deputy . Director of Ceen-
tral.Intelligence. General Wal-
ters was a key Watergate wit-
ness who testified that, he had
tried to stop the F.I3.L Water-
gate investigation on President
Nixon's orders.' : - '
- The Presidential press sece-
tary, Ron Nessen, said that Ge-
neral Walters,- 59 years. old,
was leaving the No. 2 agency
post because the :head of the
C.LA.,- George Bush, "wanted
to build his own team."
. The' announcement said that
President Ford was nominating
the' associate-deputy director E.
Henry 'Knoche,- 51, to succeed
General?Walters. ? ?. -
`-An intelligence. community
source said that the -main rea-
son for the general's departure
was Mr. Bush's desire to have
a career professional running
day-to-day operations and help-
ing bur. Bush to restore morale
damaged by Watergate and the
intelligence -investigations.. -
This "source also, said that
Mr. Bush wanted a deputy free
of association with the Water-
gate period and Mr.- Nixon's
brief . effort-disclosed -in- the
so-called ,"smoking pistol", tape
recording---to have the agency
stifle the F.,B.L's early investi-
gation.
At C.I.A. headquarters,: a
spokesman said that the move
suited General Walters's' plans
to retire from the Army-?after
a -35-year 'military career. Re
emphatically denied any con-
nection between his Watergate
involvement and his departure.
"For crying out loud!" the
spokesman said: "Any suggest-
ed connection between General
Walters's -friimdship -with' for-
mer -President. . -Nixp on or
Watergate and his leaving thel
C.I.A_does not do him justice.
years and served three' Pres-;
idents. directly. as an interpre
ter."
He said that' General Walters
transferred him. from 'Army
duty to the C.I.A. in 1972. Mr.;
I General Walters gained. na-;
tional prominence as a witness'
at. the televised Senate Water-
gate hearings :.in 1973, where;
he.. disclosed . that. the White
House had -instructed him to:
quash the June' 1972 F.B.l
Watergate inquiry on national;
precise role in . that- effort.'
however, remained unclear un-
til the. later disclosure of the
White House. tape recordings
that forced his resignation.
It showed that, on June 23.
Mr.-Nixon that the F.B.I. inqui-
ry was touching politically dan-;
gerous areas and said: ' I
"The way'to handle this is;
for us now to have Walters,
call (F.B.I. Director] Pat Grayi
and just. say, 'Stay to hell out,
of this., This is.the C.LA.'I
The_tapes show that MIr. Nix-1,
on approved thatsuggestion.i
Testifying:, at the Watergate;
cover-up .trial ' in 'November
1974, General -'Walters con-
ffirmed that he' 'had -told Mr.
Gray that the F.B.I. investiga-
cover operations in Mexico."i
`Mr. Gray, testified,' however.;
that General Walters refused;,
to Out that in writing and aban-i
doned --the White House. plan-, I
telling Mr- Gray, . `I m not.going.
to let those kids at the White`'
House kick me around."
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CIA's New No.2 Man
Fits Into 'Ford's -Plan
United Press International 1972-1975,- the CIA Office of
The appointment of E. Strategic Research:
Henry Knoche, now.associ- His appointment follows
ate deputy director. of the by several weeks the nam-
CIA, to replace Lt. Gen. ing of Adm. Daniel Murphy
Vernon Walters as deputy to be deputy director for the
director was directly relat- intelligence community -
ed to Ford's Feb. 18 execu basically a liaison post be-
tive order reorganizing the ? tween the CIA, State De-
intelligence community and ..partment, Defense Intelli-'
upgrading the post of depu-;. Bence Agency and other
ty director, sources say. intelligence units..: .
The resignation of Wal- WALTERS, - a linguist
ters, who has said he was who interpreted for Richard
used by the Nixon White M. Nixon during his 1969
House to head off FBI European tour, leaves the
investigations. into the CIA after five years as
i break-in of the Democratic deputy director.' -
National Committee head- Bush -reportedly told
quarters in the Watergate aides yesterday that he
office building, was an- very much regrets" Wal-
nounced yesterday. ters' leaving and will miss
Sources said President: his counsel. But CIA,
Ford's appointment of sources said the general's..
Knoche is 'in line with this departure.. on honorable
Executive : Order 11905,? terms' removes- the last
which enlarged CIA Direc- Watergate taint from the
tor George Bush's responsi- agency.
t
bilitie for coordinating H.R. Haldeman)former.
overall intelligence active- Nixon chief of. staff f, trited,'
ties and simultaneously up- June 26, 1972, to iise Walters
graded the No.2 post. to restrict,the FBI Water-
KNOCHE, S1,; has been gate investigations.
described by CIA insiders According to testimony
as a "bright, fair-haired developed in the Watergate
boy." He recently handled " hearings.and trials, Halde-
the congressional investiga- -man had recommended to
tions of abuses by the CIA, : Nixon: "the way to handle
FBI and other agencies. this is for us to.have Wal-.
Knoche's experience has ters call (FBI Director L.)
been in intelligence anal- Pat Gray and just say `stay
ysis rather than in clandes- the hell out of this...
tine operations or "dirty This is the CIA."'
tricks." He has directed the Walters testified he and
National Photographic Richard Helms, then CIA
Interpretation Center, the director, were asked to.
Foreign Broadcast Infor- meet with Haldeman and
John Ehrlichman, and were
mat ion Service, and, from
told the Watergate incident
was making "a lot of noise"
and "might get worse."
Gray later recalled that
Walters said, "I'm not
going to let those kids at the
White House, kick me
around."
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Ford, ominee fog No. -2 C.I.A. Post=
Enno Henry Knoche _
If Mr. Knoche (the first
letter is silent, the name
.rhymes with rocky) is ap-
by the Senate, he will suc-
ceed Lieut. Gen. Vernon A.
Walters, a deputy director
who attained far 'more fame
than normally goes with the
job.
Not Widely Known
When the White House,
operations.
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK
Sp dal to The New York Times
Washington, April 22-De-
spite the vie wof some novel-
ists and movie makers, the
fact is that most of the peo-
ple who work for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency have
never fired a poison dart
gun, parachuted
Man into the darkness
In the over Albania or
plotted the kid-
News napping of a
Chilean general.
Their lives, except for the
.secrecy . under which they
-must toil, seem to differ lit-
tle from the lives of thou-
sands of other Government
workers in Washington.
Enno Henry Knoche, the
man President Ford nomin-
ated today to become Deputy
Director of Central Intel-
ligence, is part of that major-
ity-a career intlligence of-
ficer who has never been in-
volved in clandestine field
interviewed before his nom-
ination hearings, and one_
friend said that he would
probably be even "less out-
spoken" afterward.
Mr. Knoche grew up in
the C.I.A.'s intelligence direc-
torate, the section that ana-
lyzes and organizes the vast
amounts of data collected
by the C.I.A. and its sister
under President Nixon, first
tried to 'cover up Watergate,
General Walters was asked
to forestall the Federal Bure-
au of Investigation's inquiry.
by' asserting that it might
interrupt a C.I.A. operation.
He refused to give the F.B.I.
the' request in writing, and
Mr. Nixon's aides had to use
another tactic.
Mr. Knoche is not widely
known. In the agency he
has a reputation for quiet
efficiency and little thirst for
publicity. He declined to be
agencies. He joined the C.I.A.
in 1953 and for nearly a
decade was an analyst spe-
cializing in political and mili-
tary affairs.
Since 1962, he has held
a succession of increasingly
responsible executive jobs.
He directed the national
photographic interpretation
center, which analyzes the
photographs from American
spy satellites, and also head-
ed the foreign broadcast in-
formation service, which pre-
pares reports based on radio
and television broadcasts
monitored abroad. But it was
only in the last year that he
came into his own, according
to several associates.
The former director of the
agency, William E. Colby, ap-
pointed Mr. Knoche as liai-
son with the President's com-
mission to investigate the
C.I.A. and commissioned of-
ficials remember him as a
stelady, ? reasonable man who
preferred compromise to con-
frontation.
"He is, you know, an .ex.
tremeLy soft-spoken, well-or-
ganized ma," said David Be-
lin, the commission's-counse.
"I came to feel'he was more
sensitive to the rights of
American' citizens than were
others at C.I.A. He was defi-
nitely a C.I.A. man, but
something, maybe the' in-
fluence of his kids, made him
more sensitive to what was
happening in the country."
In the late 1960's, Mr.
Knoche served as deputy to
-Col. L.: Lawrence K. White,
then executive director of the
Colonel White, now retired,
said that he found it no sur-
prise that Mr. Knoche had
been nominated for the $40,-
000 - a - year deputy post.
Pointing out that George
Bush, the director was new
to the agency, he said that
Mr. Knoche would have the
confidence of the employees,
because he was a career offi-
cer.
"He is the kind of man who
is trusted by everybody;
people will speak candidly
with him,". Colonel White
said. .
Was Naval Officer ? .
Mr. Knoche, who uses the
initial E. instead of his first
name and is known to friends
as Hank, was born in
Charleston? W. Va., on Jan.
14, 1925; played varsity bas-
ketball for the University of
Colorado (he is 6 feet 4
inches' tall), earned his de-
gree from Washington and
Jefferson College in Pennsyl-
vania and served as a naval
officer in World War II and
Koreas '
"He ids," said Mitchell Ro-
govin, counsel for the C.I.A.,
"a fine tennis player. Mr. Ro-
govin also plays tennis.
Mr. Knoche keeps a close
eye on his weight and jogs
to 'keep in shape when not
playing tennis. Weight
watching is necessary for
him because his wife, the for-
mer Angie Papoulas, is re-
garded by friends as a gour-
met cook.
The couple -live with their
five children in Fairfax, Va.,
a few miles from C.I.A. head-
quarters at McLean. Two of
their sons are star basketball
players at W. T. Woddson
High School.
The C.I.A. would not per-
mit photographs to be taken
of Mr. Knoche, but a spokes-
man said that the agency
would try to release tomor-
row one made by its photo-
graphers,. .
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