ROCKEFELLER AWARD

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1966
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2. Bede have had a giber of nominees but no succes
c s for the Rc~c + er Award, I suggemed and you agreed that
try to talk to someone to the admthi; tiou of the R r ler Awards
Prognm to obtain some guidieuce as to future o zs. We found that
Mr Kambe Is aci with Mr. van de Ve a and will take the earliest
emmlert + rte to discuss the subject with big. Attached is dir.
Bch' men , dated 8 December 19", which explains the per.
SIGNED R. C. RannnrmMn
R. L. rrnsz.
DOPAY motor
for Support
EO-DD/S:VRT/ms (13 Dec 66)
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-Comptroller
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Deputy Director for Support
Rockefeller Awards
This tort
sams subject
dtd. 16 Nov 66 to D/ rs r MI MS, concerning
ed to Mr. Henry Knoche and confirmed that ?he is
on very friends y, although not intimate, terms with Mr. van de Velde. Mies
explained to Mr. Knoche the kind of information we hoped to obtain
ut the type of nominees who might be given favorable consideration or
the Rockefeller Award. Mr. Roche readily agreed to take this matter up
with Mr. van de Velde at the earliest convenient opportunity.
will be some f -nthi before we are - n invited to nomi_
rd, we have not asked Mr. Knoche to set a particular dead-
of his discussion will, of course, be reported to you.
for a follow-up with Mr. Knoche about 15 February
the results of his conversation. We have, bo ever,
/s/ Emmett D. Echols
putt D. Echols
ector of personnel
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Aithod is Mr. Baunna.'e cr'm, doted
that we try to ta& with someone in the
perhaps Mr.
c them c
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favorable consideration.
You that Mr. h and
ed with Mr. m de Vim. Perhil it
the desk InfQ3" on. Will y
wing with him, we ri,*t obtain
considex this and advise Mr.
Ba n how you prime to ban&e the matter.
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3 NOV 1966
ORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT
Rockefeller Award
1. This memorandum contains In paragraph 4 a suggestion for your
approval.
2. Over the years we have made a number of nominations for the
Rockefeller Award, but to date we have not had a successful candidate. In
1957 we nominated In 1960, after the program
was revised, we nominated Dr. Guth and in 1961, Dr. Scoville. In 1962
Mr. Helms was nominated by Mr. Dulles and his nomination was endorsed
by Mr. McCone. This may not have been considered an Agency nomination
since Mr. Dulles was not with the Agency at the time. In 1963 Messrs.
Helms and Kirkpatrick were nominated. In 1964 the Rockefeller Committee
asked the Agency to re-introduce the nominations of Messrs. Helms and
Kirkpatrick. General Carter replied that inasmuch as Mr. Kirkpatrick had
received the Presidential Award, he would not be nominated for the Rocke-
feller Award. Our nominee that year was Mr. Helms. In 1965 Messrs.
Helms and Kirkpatrick were nominated, but Mr. Helms later withdrew his
nomination after receiving the National Civil Service league Award and
after being appointed the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. Mr.
Helms was nominated in 1966.
3. I do not fully share Mr. Echols' opinion expressed in the attached
memorandum, although he may have a point about the Awards Selection
Committee having decided to seek out second echelon officials for recognition.
4. 1 suggest that we try to talk with someone in the administration
of the Rockefeller Awards program and perhaps get a better feel for the
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type of nominee who might be gig favorable consideration. If you
I shall loot into ways of gettthg at this.
IM 9.1. Bimemae
R.L.S sn
Deputy Director
forSupport
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The suggestion contained in
4 is approved.
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Ixstive Director-Comptro
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2 4 OCT 1966
NWI T i FOR: Deputy Director for Support
Rockefeller Awards
1. This memorandum is for your information.
2. Now that these awards have been announced, it idght be worth
speculating about why our candidate did not win. First, the selection
committee seems to have made a decision this year to seek out second
helon officials for recognition. Not only is this supported by the
elects this year but by the `act that our nominee and Ambassador David
Bruce were both passed over. In a way, I think this was not only proper
but perhaps more to the purpose of giving recognition to outstanding
career employees who have not in other imys received general public
recognition. 13# ck's appointment as Director of ' Central Intelligence ;,As,,
of course, recognition of immeasurably greater significance.
3,
e in the next few years for this or other awards), I believe we
In addition (and! I think this may affect any other nominations
d more than our share of honors for a few years due to the
the name "CIA." There may well have developed a conscious
or unconscious .reluctance to extend $'urtber honors for a while to amid
the appearance of partiality and publicity seeking.
4. One purpose in making these observations is to suggest that the
fancy might well resist a sense of compulsion to submit nominations for
each and every Public Service Award. Certainly, we should put forward the
names of outstanding candidates when we have them and can present the:: .
But we should not be embarrassed if we do not have a candidate whose nom.-
inatio.n can be publicly supported nor should we feel embarrassment ii, our
nominee for any particular award doesn't win,
5. Without making a formal recommendation regarding our course of
action next year, I suggest that you mfsy wish to discuss r-rith the Eecu-
tive Committee at an appropriate tint whether we should continue our
strenuous efforts to nominate for every Public Service Award.
Emmett D. Echols
Director of Personnel
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You asked if last year's nominee for the Rockefeller Award was
Jack Smith. No. The nominees last year (1965) were Mr. Helms and Mr.
Kirkpatrick. Mr. Helms withdrew his nomination after receiving the
National Civil Service League Award and after being appointed the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence. Mr. Kirkpatrick was not selected.
For your information, following is our history of nominations for
the Rockefeller Award, none of whom have been selected:
1958 and 1959 - None
1960 - Dr. Otto Guthe
1961 - Dr . Herbert Scoville
1962 - Mr. Helms was nominated by Mr. Dulles
and his nomination was endorsed by Mr.
McCone. Apparently, this was not really
considered an Agency nomination since
Mr. Dulles was not with the Agency at
that time.
1963 - Mr. Helms and Mr. Kirkpatrick
1964 - The Rockefeller Committee asked the
Agency to re-introduce the nomination
of Mr. Helms and Mr. Kirkpatrick.
General Carter replied that, since Mr.
Kirkpatrick had received the Presidential
Award, he would not be nominated for the
Rockefeller Award. Our nominee that year
was Mr. Helms.
1965 - Mr. Helms and Mr. Kirkpatrick (Mr. Helms
later withdrew his nomination as explained
above.)
1966 - Mr. Helms
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