NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701811
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• Document Page Count: 56
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 5, 2021
• Case Number: F-2021-01530
• Publication Date: October 26, 1973

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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26 October 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT National Intelligence Officers
1. Effective 1 November 1973, the following officers are
designated agational Intelligence Officers:
a. Mr. John T,1 .n to be the National
Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe
b. Mr. Keith C. lark to be the National
Intelligence Officer foy Western Eur,ope.
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c. Mr. William �stison to be the
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Natiortntelligence/Officer for Southeast Asia.
d. Mr. Samuel Mil,Hoskinson to be the National
IntelliiinTe�Ciffrcer for the Middle East and
Islamic World.
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e. Mr. Loui ,ego to be the NationaltOr&
Intelligence fficer for Latin America.
f. Mr. James , ritchfield to be the Ngiela
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Intelligence O1ficer for Energy Matters.
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2. This list of appointments covers only part of the full complement
of NIO's contemplated, but does reflect those immediately available to
inaugurate this Office. The six individuals named are all Central
Intelligence Agency employees, but candidates from several of the military
and civil components of the Intelligence Community and elsewhere in the
U.S. Government and from private life are currently also under consid-
eration for appointment.
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3. Candidates for assignment as assistants to National
Intelligence Officers will also be considered and appointed
as soon as feasible.
4. Effective 1 November 1973 the Board and Office of
National Estimates and the Office of the Special Assistant
for Vietnamese Affairs are abolished. Continuing responsi-
bilities of these units will be assumed initially by the
D/DCl/NIO until alternate arrangements are made.
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