NATIONAL SECURITY MEDAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00890R000600030089-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: January 7, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, .D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR:. Christine Dodson
NSC St of
Secretary
SUBJECT National Security Medal
REFERENCE My Memorandum dtd 31 December 1980
Subject as Above
Attached is a draft citation for your use in connection with
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CITATION
Admiral Stansfield Turner's distinguished career in service to
this Nation began with his appointment to the United States Naval
Academy in 1943. Since that time he has excelled in a variety of
important assignments. Following graduate studies at Oxford as the
Navy's first Rhodes Scholar, he held a number of sea assignments
including command of a minesweeper, destroyer and guided missile
frigate. As.;a flag officer he commanded a Carrier Task Group of
the'Sixth Fleet, directed the Systems Analysis Division in the Office
of the Chief of Naval Operations, served as President of the Naval War
College, commanded the U.IS. Second Fleet, and in 1975 was named
Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe with the rank of
Admiral.
On March 9, 1977, Admiral Turner was sworn in as the Director of
Central Intelligence. In this vital and demanding position as the
leader of the Intelligence Community, he was directly responsible for
creating and implementing, innovative changes in the 'collection, analysis
ana presentation of national intelligence to the policymakers of the
United States. Specifically, he was. given responsibility, unlike any
previous Director, for. the formulation of the Intelligence Community
budget and direction of collection tasking. He also accepted the role
of public spokesperson with such enthusiasm and effectiveness that
America's confidence in intelligence, the intelligence agencies and in
particular that of the Central Intelligence Agency was largely restored.
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At a difficult and trying time in the history of the
Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency,
Admiral Turner has provided the leadership, moral strength and
a selfless concern for the future of the intelligence profession
that reflect great credit on himself, the Intelligence Community
and the United States of America.
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