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[[Richard Bissell]] (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>
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'''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":
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==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==

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Richard Bissell

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]

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  1. Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.
  2. Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.