MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM... FEW KNOW HIM WELL

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CIA-RDP73-00475R000102020005-8
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RIPPUB
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December 23, 2016
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March 12, 2014
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5
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February 21, 1967
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T-i-E BOSTON GLOBE Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/03/12 : CIA-RDP73-00475R000102020005-8 ir :: . ^ T.' ''.7??? 7 . -- .., ",/ .;..(....)...:". .:.. ',. (7.--'s." 7 I ' 7 .? ?-? 0 c; (7,7, /Vr t' 7 '?1) STAT '':- Dy C.:-.11Of. LISTONT * : : .? x ?r, , ., . -.r. le ?- ' ,norrri.:.1ic,..5p.,? .,.;., I is . ;....t.,a? ?ai,ort,.. . 'atiso a. director of the Ptoston ..? :Paul Francis Heiiinuth is:...unit,,craity. medical. ronler ?,:-Dmething of z. mysteiy it-taint,: and the Children's; :Medical :\lany peorne ? know . him. Center. .. ? ? ? 'T.-Choy, serve on. boards ot hos- ? . Says a friend: "He brings .ntals or boards of businesses to his work, in all these. fickis, .,with him. ThcY knor./ litra a keenness and preeire and , 'as a lawyer, the managing informed judgment that's in- partner of the old Boston law . valuable." :firm of Hale & Do. .7.-;ut few people, know him --..-?:.,'-ell. Ancl probably most men ? who 'know HclImuth were ? surprised tc, icarn he was iT"- VO:VOC.: in the Central Intelli- . ;7i-2i:co Agency's program to - get funds to officials of the ' Na:ional Student assn. INCISIVE Ara CORS COLONEL th. was born in Springfield, 0., and gracitiated from Notre Dame University -in 1940. He entered World, l' II in 1941 as a 'private and by 1945 was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air . Hellinutit, as a trustee Corps, winning several .honors the Independence. Founciation ..frorn the United States r?ind of Boston and the J. Frederick France. Brown Foundation of Bostori, Harvard Law School s.c,:rves as a contact for CLL\ , 'York law-office-type e n- , cioncy to -3oF.ton. Ha & Dorr is consicicired the most highly - organized of. this city's big firms. ? His friends say liellmuth has little social life outside his work and charitable in- volvements. ? His ?vork has led 'Dim to . involve:I-lent in businesses. He is a trustee of Cabot, Cabot & 'Forbes, a vice president of: the L & H Corp, of Swing- field, a director of .the 'Ritz ? Canton Hotel, Eastern Slope . Hotel Inc. and the Boston Five Cents ,Savings-Bank. ? brought .e Bps- .. accordinf to former: NSA of.- Helin:tith to th ,??? ??? ::;? ? A small, Isliro 40.year-old t bachelor, Fleilrnuth is a nlan. , an incisive rnincl. And ? ," ? .,,?: outsidc his law practice he, ? . . ? devotes "enormous amounts of time to the public weal," says one good friend. "I don't. ? know another man like him. , ,?''' . IcIe is as nne and dedicated a . ; ? . ? : . . cr son as I have ever met," ? \ .????:;?,* this ousinesarnan says. cals. ? His advice is sought from ? PAUL F. HELLMUTH . ?? such diverse sources as foo . . bright, incisive ? ball teams arc corporation ? executives. Those familiar' ton H in. with him trust his jud,c,vment area.e graduated, szois anol.,1.,,cr man ct.05e to 4ad' riot lono'r after he , HcEnt.uth. -When he speaks, Joined hale at Dorr. . . it's with authority and clarity.: . . He's an extraordinary per- As managing partner, he as ,said to have brought New , Hellrouth is a friend oF. good : causes. He was close to the .? : late Dr. Torn Dooley, whose . ritedical work in Southeast As became famous. He is a ? friend of the Boys' Clubs, of ? he is a director here, . and the Museum of Science, : ! where he is a trustee. Hellmuth is noted for his' work as board chairman of 1. By astute investments he is said to have amassed? con- siderable wealth. ? ? iciencis speculate. .tha..". Hellmuth's sense of obligation to community causes probably led him to his efforts for the CIA. They feel that Hellmuth likely sympathized with the CIA view that international student meetings were domi- nated by communism because American students didn't have the funds to be ade- quately represented. 'Whatever his, motivation, friends agree, it must have been a high one. "He is faith- ful and devoted to, all the un- dertakings he has," says one. "It's hard to understand ex- actly what motivates him. But he must have some terrific urge to do good-in the world." Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/03/12 : CIA-RDP73-00475R000102020005-8