LETTER TO(Sanitized))FROM R. H HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100030064-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: May 13, 1947
• Content Type: LETTER

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13 May 1947
ST
Thanks very much for your thoughtfulness in
sending as the letter art` May 3. Although we should
have preferred to remain in Paris from personal son-
siderations this is a good job and so far I ean't
complain"I an still out of jail.
I am still so new around here, that I don't know
just what jobs my be aveilebi , however, I an inc osing
a Form 57. If you will fill it out and return it to as,
IIll use what can be done. I an sorry that I oarnot
give, you a more definite answer at this time, but I an
still trying to find ay- way about.
With very beat wishes, believe not
Sincerely,
R. H. R[K
fir, T
Director of Central Intelligence
Inal
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ST
My dear Hillenkoetter,
May 3; 1947
Congratulations on your appointment to your present im-
portant post. However, judging from the enthusiam that you
displayed when I saw you at the Embiesy in Paris last Sep-
tember, I assume that your duty as Naval Attache in Paris
was more to your liking frft a personal point of view.
As for myself, it's a far cry from the cradle of culture
and civilization to the hone of the horse opera. My personal
reactions are much the same as yours must 'Lave been - perhaps
even more so. Nevertheless, I consider myself most fortunate
in that ALNAY 68 retained me on active duty until July 1948.
Should you need the services of an officer of my experience
and qualifications in your unit, I would be most delighted
to accept any foreign assignment where you think I might be
useful. I'm not seeking an appointment in the spot-light
neither am I particularly interested in wearing four-stranded
aiguillettes. I would like to produce to the maximum of my
ability and qualifications as long as I an on active duty.
For your information, I have served on active duty in all
parts of Europe for about eight years. I have a thorough
knowledge of the French language and the European psychology.
My jacket can supply you with any necessary information
about my past performance of duty. What I would like to do
is to help accomplish as much as possible in a field where
tremendous forward progress must be made in the immediate
present. It is my personal opinion that such aspirations
are both proper and legitat'aate.
Sincerely yours,
ST
STAT
Rear Admiral B.H. Hillenkoetter, U.S. Navy
Director, U.S. Central Intelligence,
Washington, D. C.
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