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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000200110037-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: November 29, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAB N O V 2 9 1961
Approved For Release 1999/09/16 : CIA-RDP70-00058R000200110037-7
Penittg tat
or Distinguished Service
Fete men have- setvo 'this govern-
'
ety of ways, or with
ment in such a vari
such quiet distinction, as Allen W. Dulles,
the retiring director of"""e'- C"en"trai
Intelligence Agency.' In presenting' the
National .Security Medal to Mr.' Dulles,
President Kennedy appropriately re-
ferred to this record 'going back to 1,91&
when Mr. Dulles' rst joined what was
then ;'known as the' United States Diplo-
n1atic. Corps ai d` extending in one
capaty or another thxough the terms
,eeti Presiderii .
their' tri e `c'hange at this
ony, both`" t esid'ent" and Mr.
Z VI s referred to t nsung successes
ax d, the advertised' fftFes which might
b attributed to the -secr"et agency
ui d i` the Dulles t " ion. It is, of
cotr the nature .0 _agency's work
which has made th but it is too bad
for those who love es' of derring-do
and of deeds by darks ` that Mr. Dulle,
is not free to write', 's memoirs in full.
No question exist, any event, about
Mr. Dulles richly derving"the honors
represented in this latest award and
the thanks which the President ha:
extended to him.
STATINTL
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