CHRONOLOGY OF AGENCY EXECUTIVES

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: October 30, 1968
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CS/HPM-21
MEMORANDUM FOR : All CS Historical Officers and Writers
SUBJECT Chronology of Agency Executives
REFERENCE CSHB 5-13-1, 1 February 1966
As part of our continuing program to update our basic
reference material, that portion of Appendix B of the refer-
enced Handbook dealing with the top echelon of Agency execu-
tives is herewith reproduced, expanded, and brought up to
date.
Directors of Central Intelligence
Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR
23 January 1946 - 7 June 1946
Lieutenant General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, USA
10 June 1946 - 1 May 1947
Rear Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, USN
1 May 1947 - 7 October 1950
Lieutenant General (later General) Walter Bedell Smith, USA
7 October 1950 - 9 February 1953
Mr. Allen Welsh Dulles
26 February 1953 - 29 November 1961
Mr. John Alex McCone
29 November 1961 - 28 April 1965
Vice Admiral William Frances Raborn, Jr., USN (Ret.)
28 April 1965 - 30 June 1966
Mr. Richard McGarrah Helms
30 June 1966 -
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Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence
Mr. Kingman Douglass
1 February 1946 - 11 July 1946
Colonel (later Brigadier General) Edwin Kennedy Wright, USA
July 1946 - 10 March 1949
Mr. William Harding Jackson
2 October 1950 - 3 August 1951
Mr. Allen Welsh Dulles
23 August 1951 - 26 February 1953
(also served as Deputy Director for Plans
4 January 1951 - 23 August 1951)
Lieutenant General (later General) Charles Pearre Cabell, USAF
23 April 1953 - 31 January 1962
Lieutenant General Marshall Sylvester Carter, USA
3 April 1962 - 28 April 1965
Mr. Richard McGarrah Helms
28 April 1965 - 30 June 1966
(also served as Deputy Director for Plans
17 February 1962 - 28 April 1965)
Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor, USN
13 October 1966 -
Executive - Executive Director - Executive Director-Comptroller
Executive
25X1A
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Mr. Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
10 April 1962 - 18 November 1963
Executive Director-Comptroller
Mr. Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
18 November 1963 - 5 July 1965
Colonel Lawrence K. White, USA
5 July 1965
Deputy Directors
Deputy Director (Administration) (DD/A)
(established 1 December 1950)
Mr Murray McConnel
1 December 1950 - 31 March 1951
Mr. Walter R. Wolf
1 April 1951 - 30 June 1953
Colonel Lawrence K. White, USA
1 July 1953 - 3 February 1955
Deputy Director (Coordination) (DD/C)
(established 1 July 1957; replaced 21 April 1960
25X1A by Assistant for Coordination)
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Deputy Director for Intelligence (DDI)
(established 2 January 1952)
Mr. Loftus E. Becker
1 January 1952 - 23 February 1953
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
25X1A 23 February 1953 - 30 March 1962
Mr. Ray S. Cline
23 April 1962 - 17 January 1966
Mr. R. Jack Smith
17 January 1966 -
Deputy Director for Operations (DD/O)
(established 1 December 1950)
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
1 December 1950 - 4 January 1951
Deputy Director for Plans (DDP)
(established 4 January 1951)
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
4 January 1951 - 23 August 1951
Mr. Frank G. Wisner
23 August 1951 - 1 January 1959
Mr. Richard M. Bissell, Jr.
1 January 1959 - 17 February 1962
Mr. Richard M. Helms
17 February 1962 - 28 April 1965
Mr. Desmond FitzGerald
28 April 1965 - 23 July 1967
Mr. Thomas H. Karamessines
23 July 1967 -
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Deputy Director for Research (DD/R)
(established 19 February 1962)
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
19 February 1962 - 15 June 1963
Colonel Edward B. Giller, USAF (Acting)
15 June 1963 - 5 August 1963
Deputy Director for Support (DDS)
(established 3 February 1955)
Colonel Lawrence K. White, USA
3 February 1955 - 5 July 1965
Mr. Robert Bannerman.
5 July 1965 -
Deputy Director for Science and Technology (DDS&T)
(established 5 August 1963)
Mr. Albert D. Wheelon
5 August 1963 - 26 September 1966
Mr. Carl E. Duckett (Acting)
26 September 1966 - 20 April 1967
Mr. Carl E. Duckett
20 April 1967 -
25X1A
Assistant Director for Policy Coordination (ADPC)
25X1A
Colonel H. Kilbourne Johnston, USA
23 August 1951 - 1 August 1952
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Assistant Director for Special Operations (ADSO)
Colonel Donald H. Galloway, USA
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or General Willard G. Wyman, USA (later General)
15 February 1951 - 17 December 1951
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