E. HENRY KNOCH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100250001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1977
• Content Type: BIO

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/21 : CIA-RDP99-00418R000100250001-4
E. Henry Knoche
. Mr. E. Henry Knoche, 52, the Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence, attended Bethany College (West
Virginia) and Colorado University, and was graduated
from Washington and Jefferson College (Pennsylvania).
Mr. Knoche served two tours of active duty as a Navy
officer in World War Two and the Korean War. He
joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1953 as an
intelligence analyst specializing in Far Eastern
political and military affairs with a knowledge of
Chinese.
From 1962 onward Mr. Knoche held a variety of
management positions in the CIA in such diverse areas
as current intelligence, photographic intelligence,
and planning and budgeting. Among other posts he was
director of the office charged with evaluating foreign
military developments. Early in 1975, during the inquiries
into American intelligence activities by the Rockefeller
Presidential Commission and the Senate and House Select
Committees, he served as Special Assistant to the Director
of Central Intelligence in liaison with those conducting
the inquiries.
In the fall of 1975, Mr, Knoche was named Associate
Deputy to the Director and was involved in the coordination
and management of resources of the U,S, Intelligence
Community which includes the CIA as well as intelligence
elements of other agencies.
In April of 1976, he was named by President Ford
to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence in charge of
the day-to-day operations of CIA. He was confirmed by
unanimous consent of the Senate on 30 June 1976,
Mr. Knoche was honored with the President's Award for
Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in January of 1977.
January 1977
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