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Ray S. Cline is a founder member of the [[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]].
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[[Ray Cline]] (1918-1996) was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.<ref name="IndieObit">Godfrey Hodgson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-cline-1342845.html Obituary: Ray Cline], Independent, 19 March 1996.</ref> 
  
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==Background==
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Cline was born in Anderson Township, Illinois, in 1918. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received a Harvard scholarship in 1935.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==OSS==
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Cline served in the OSS during World War Two.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==CIA==
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Cline joined the [[CIA]] in 1949.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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As chief of the agency's staff on the Sino-Soviet bloc from 1953 to 1957, he predicted the Sino-Soviet split.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He served as station chief in Taiwan from 1958 to 1962, under the official title of chief, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.<ref name="IndieObit">Godfrey Hodgson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-cline-1342845.html Obituary: Ray Cline], Independent, 19 March 1996.</ref>
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He was chief of station in Bonn from 1966 to 1969.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==State Department==
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Mr. Cline left the C.I.A. in 1969 and served as the State Department's chief of intelligence analysis.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He gave up Government work in 1973, becoming an executive director of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] at Georgetown University.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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In retirement, he served as head of the [[Taiwan Committee for a Free China]].<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
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*[[Center for Strategic and International Stuudies]]
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*[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]
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*[[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]]
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*[[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]], Founder Member
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*[[United States Global Strategy Council]] - founder and chair.
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*1988 International advisory board [[Political Communication and Persuasion]]
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===Conferences===
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*1979 [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]]
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*1979 [[Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates]]
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*1980 [[Colloquium on Counterintelligence]]
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*1987 [[Colloquium on Intelligence Requirements for the 1990s]]
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
*[[Ray Cline, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry]]
 
*[[Ray Cline, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry]]
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==External Resources==
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*History Commons [http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=ray_cline Ray Cline]
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*Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Cline,+Ray Cline Ray Steiner]
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*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ray_Cline Ray Cline]
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*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2011/ms011008.pdf Ray S. Cline Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress] Prepared by Bradley E. Gernand with the assistance of Lisa Madison and Jennifer Barbour. Revised and expanded by Bradley E. Gernand. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2011.
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*Spartacus International [http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKclineR.htm Ray S. Cline].
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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[[Category:Terrorologist|Cline, Ray]]
 
[[Category:Terrorologist|Cline, Ray]]
 
[[Category:Terrorism Spin|Cline, Ray]]
 
[[Category:Terrorism Spin|Cline, Ray]]
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[[Category:Harvard alumni|Cline, Ray]]
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[[Category:Spooks|Cline, Ray]]
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*[[Category:OSS|Cline, Ray]]
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[[Category:CIA|Cline, Ray]]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 11 November 2014

Ray Cline (1918-1996) was the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.[1]

Background

Cline was born in Anderson Township, Illinois, in 1918. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received a Harvard scholarship in 1935.[2]

OSS

Cline served in the OSS during World War Two.[2]

CIA

Cline joined the CIA in 1949.[2]

As chief of the agency's staff on the Sino-Soviet bloc from 1953 to 1957, he predicted the Sino-Soviet split.[2]

He served as station chief in Taiwan from 1958 to 1962, under the official title of chief, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center.[2]

He was the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.[1]

He was chief of station in Bonn from 1966 to 1969.[2]

State Department

Mr. Cline left the C.I.A. in 1969 and served as the State Department's chief of intelligence analysis.[2]

He gave up Government work in 1973, becoming an executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University.[2]

In retirement, he served as head of the Taiwan Committee for a Free China.[2]

Affiliations

Conferences

Resources

External Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Godfrey Hodgson, Obituary: Ray Cline, Independent, 19 March 1996.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Tim Weiner, Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77, New York Times, 16 March 1996.
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