NO. 2 CIA POST MAY BE UP FOR GRABS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301210033-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2013
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: January 26, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/21 : CIA-RDP99-01448R000301210033-6
HUMAN EVENTS
aN PAZ3 26 January 1985
could be a breath of fresh air at the_bureaucrati
rally hidebound CIA.
Another name being mentioned is KennethDe-
Graffenreid, the intelligence director on the NSC
staff who was brought in by Richard Allen when
he was national security adviser. DeGraffenreid
has established a reputation as a knowledgeable,.
discreet, hard-working professional with unques-
tioned loyalty to the Reagan agenda. . .
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a seasoned Gen. rain Gorman,?soon
to leave as commander of the U.S. Southern Corn-
wand in. the Panama Canal, who has done .a
superb job in the critical Central American region:
He has seen firsthand'the need for a strong Amer.
ican intelligence capability, and his no-nonsense
approach to bench-warmers' and .handwringers
use a key;
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p as olicy aide and was afavorite of then DCI Stan=
field Turner; Gates was a strong supporter of
SALT'II and-has generally. taken a soft-tine: view;.:
of. Soviet aggressions around -the world. Many
believe that Gates ietains close ties to
the"left=lib.
eral Democrats and is- in fact, a potential D(:! in a.
future Democratic administration.; Conservatives=
observers on Capitol Hill and elsewhere believe hiss
~.`appointmentas deputy director would-beharmful,
~jq Is eagai Admii strauonpolicies:
conservatives wish'
..that .Casey would take a=.
closer look
Gates. HUMAN EvEtlrshas previously reported one
strong opposition to.Olmer. Gates,.who.3s press`
ently. in charge of :estimates at CIA is aformer
:'close associate of David Aaron foreign policy ad
wiser to former Vice President Walter Mondale:
Gates served in the Carter White Fi
.
Lionel O1mer and Robert CASEY
Mahon's replacement:
however, by-two, names
apparently being consid-
ered by CIA-: Director
William Casey as*. Mc
servers are disheartened; '
still to be realized. Ob-
i . improvements . in our
.,intelligence capabili
ties::
ace
Agency, will be leaving for a job in the g
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'There are increasing reports that. John Mc
Mahon., deputy director of the Central Intelli e
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Be Up for Grabs
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No. 2 CIA Post May
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/21 : CIA-RDP99-01448R000301210033-6