ENTER GATES AS THE NO. 2 SPY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301220061-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: March 6, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301220061-4
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ARTICLE APPEARED 6 March 1986
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Enter Gates as the No. 2 spy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON?Presi-
dent Reagan has named
A. career intelligenc_e,, officer
the nation's
No72-spy-to-replaci Deputy
CIA Director John McMa-
hon, who resigned for
"personal reasons" after 34
years in the intelligence
service.
McMahon's resignation,
announced by the White
House Tuesday, was hailed
by two conservative lobbying
groups. The Washington
Post yesterday said the
groups, Free the Eagle and
the Federation for American-
Afghan Action, had mounted
nationwide letter-writing
campaigns calling for McMa-
hon's removal.
The two groups blamed
him for holding up supplies
of more effective weapons,
including anti-aircraft mis-
siles, to the anti-Communist
resistance in Afghanistan,
The Post reported.
McMahon, 56, gave no ex-
planation for his resignation
other than to say in a letter to
Reagan that he had "reached
a stage where I should move
on."
The White House state-
ment cited "personal
reasons" for the deputy's de-
parture, which is to be effec-
tive March 29.
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