"THE NEXT GEORGE MARSHALL"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100060008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 13, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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>.It is hard. to imagine how. President Carter-- could. have given. a. stronger: en-`
dorsement to the man he:-nominated to
:head the Central Intelligence Agency than
Jo say he is on hft7 the next
George Marshall."
General Marshall,.one. of the greatest`
figures of World War ]I, was Army chief of,
..Staff during. the war and served later'asa
secretary of".state and secretary. of de
fense.His brilliance, competence and in-1
- .tegrity were beyond_question: Such a man'
is what the CIA needs at'its helm if it is to
regain the country's confidence 'arid its.11
own
effectiveness.`-The Senate must judge(
whether Turner meets those,specifications' %
As a- military man,-:Admiral -Turner;
"should: appeal 'to those who opposed Mr::
Carter's first nominee for- the ? job, Theo-
dore Sorensen, who had-been a conscien- .
tious objector and whoa( many-.distrusted'
for: his pacifistic'-and liberal tendencies. ,If
'the phrases, "innovative', admiral'-arid(
something 'of. a "boat-rocker," which have(,
:: been applied -to him' are found _to be.' justice
fied, Turner should please those who fear a
As commander of the NATO forces:in'.
,Southern . Europe `'..since ._.1975, Admiral
;;Turner has had special contact with intel_
Iigence :;work and'is thoroughly familiars
:-with our difficulties, in, Greece and Turkey.
After graduating from 'Anriapolis, he.won al
Rhodes scholarship and"a master's degree:
in-: philosophy, -politics' and economics - at,.,
Oxford--.enough in- itself ..to mark him asp'
an unusual type of military. man s.r
The President's' second choice 'should"
prove much more successful than his first:'
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