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| − | '''Richard M. Bissell Jr''' (1909-1994) was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director For Plans from 1959 to 1964.<ref>Phillip Frazer, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-richard-bissell-1426661.html Obituary: Richard Bissell], ''Independent'', 3 March 1994.</ref> | + | '''Richard M. Bissell Jr''' (1909-1994) was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director For Plans, head of its [[CIA Directorate of Plans|Directorate of Plans]] from 1959 to 1964.<ref>Phillip Frazer, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-richard-bissell-1426661.html Obituary: Richard Bissell], ''Independent'', 3 March 1994.</ref> |
According to the ''Independent'', Bissell was "the central covert operations man in the Central Intelligence Agency for the central period of the cold war": | According to the ''Independent'', Bissell was "the central covert operations man in the Central Intelligence Agency for the central period of the cold war": | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 27 February 2011
Richard M. Bissell Jr (1909-1994) was the CIA's Deputy Director For Plans, head of its Directorate of Plans from 1959 to 1964.[1]
According to the Independent, Bissell was "the central covert operations man in the Central Intelligence Agency for the central period of the cold war":
- Not the most well-known nor the highest-ranking official, Bissell was the man who planned and gave the orders for such low points in American cold-war dirty tricks as the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba, the disastrous invasion of Cuba and the numerous (failed) attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro.[2]
Affiliations
External Resources
- Namebase Bissell Richard Mervin Jr
Notes
- ↑ Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.
- ↑ Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.
