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| − | [[Ray Cline]] (1918-1996) was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.<ref>Godfrey Hodgson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-cline-1342845.html Obituary: Ray Cline], Independent, 19 March 1996.</ref> | + | [[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== | ||
| + | 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== | ||
| + | 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== | ||
| + | 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== | ||
| + | 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> | ||
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Revision as of 19:43, 17 April 2012
Ray Cline (1918-1996) was the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.[1]
Contents
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
- Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, Founder Member
Conferences
- 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism
- 1979 Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates
- 1980 Colloquium on Counterintelligence
- 1987 Colloquium on Intelligence Requirements for the 1990s
Resources
External Resources
- History Commons Ray Cline
- Namebase Cline Ray Steiner
- Sourcewatch Ray Cline
