LETTER TO MORTIMER M. CAPLIN FROM W. E. COLBY RE PLEASED TO NOMINATE CARLE E. DUCKETT FOR THE NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE LEAGUE'S CAREER SERVICE AWARD

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1974

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
9 February 1974
Mr. Mortimer M. Caplin, President
National Civil Service League
1825 K Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
I am extremely pleased to nominate Mr. Carl E:
Duckett for the National Civil Service League's Career
Service Award.
(b)(3)
As CIA's Deputy Director for Science and Tech-
nology, he is responsible for all phases of the Agency's
collection, processing, and analysis in an intelligence
program directed against the nation's top priority
national intelligence objective -- the capability of
major foreign powers to strike the United States with
modern, sophisticated weaponry.
Since he was nominated by Mr. Helms last year,
Mr. Duckett has been assigned increasing management
responsibilities within the Agency and the U. S. In-
telligence Community. He has not rested on his sub-
stantial achievements in the technical area of intelli-
gence; he continues to grow in the key arena where
national security demands that intelligence be man-
aged to maintain a keen focus on, the most critical
targets.
Mr. Duckett has served his country for more than
30 years with unswerving devotion and integrity. He
has a brilliant record of substantive achievement and
manages with outstanding ability. All this he has ac-
complished with only a North Carolina high school formal
education.
I nominate Carl E. Duckett with full personal
conviction that he is worthy of your consideration as
measured against the high standards of previous National
Civil Service League award winners.
Enclosures
W.;-'E, Colby
Ditector
APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE:
23-Sep-2008