LETTER TO DONALD T. REGAN FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

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• Publication Date: February 27, 1986
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The Director of Central Intclligcncc
Nhshin ton. D. C.20505
27 February 1986
The Honorable Donald T. Regan
Chief of Staff and Assistant
to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Don,
I will be talking to the President today
regarding the attached.
Yours,
William J. Casey
Enclosures
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The Director of Central intelligence
W shin4ton. D. C 20505
27 February 1986
The Honorable Robert Tuttle
Assistant to the President for
Presidential Personnel
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Bob,
I am sending the attached per our telephone
conversation yesterday.
Yours,
William J. Casey
Enclosures
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The Director of Central Intelligence
WishingmOLC205O5
26 February 1986
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
With John McMahon's retirement at the end of March, I would like to
recommend that Robert Gates be appointed Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence.
You will recall that Dr. Gates briefed you on more than one occasion,
most recently a few days before your departure for Geneva, on our major estimate
on the internal situation in the Soviet Union.
Dr. Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in.its Career Training
Program 20 years ago. Over his 20 years of service here, he has served as
a US Air Force intelligence officer, as an analyst briefing on Soviet policies
and tactics,
and as Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs. in
1974, he was assigned to President Nixon's National Security Council Staff
under Dr. Kissinger, with responsibility for Soviet and European affairs.
He continued at the NSC under Brent Scowcroft for the duration of the Ford
Administration. Returning to CIA, he developed a long-term plan for research
and carried out a nationwide survey of private sector and academic work on
the Soviet Union at research centers in the United States. During 1977, he
was asked to return to the NSC Staff as Special Assistant to Dr. Brzezinski.
Returning to CIA in 1979, he became Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center,
and was soon appointed Executive Assistant to the Director. Toward the end
of 1980, he asked to return to analytical work and was appointed National
Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
During 1981, Dr. Gates served with me in the Director's office as Director
of the Executive Staff and as Director of Policy and Planning. In January 1982,
he became the Deputy Director for Intelli ence in which capacity he is
responsible for directing a staff of responsible for all the
analysis and estimating activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. In
September 1983, I asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Chairman of the
National Intelligence Council. In that capacity he is responsible for the
development of all National Intelligence Estimates prepared in the Intelligence
Community and directs the officers who represent the Intelligence Community in
dealings with policy and decisionmakers throughout the American government.
During his four years as the head of one of the largest research and
analysis organizations in-the world, Dr. Gates has demonstrated a high degree
of management skill. He carried through the most far-ranging reorganization
in the history of the Intelligence Directorate, a shift from a functional basis
to a regional basis. This greatly improved the focusing of military, political
and economic expertise on issues in a multidisciplinary way. It also, for
STATI
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the first time, squared the organization of intelligence to the way the rest
of the government is organized and to the way problems tend to come up on a
regional rather than a functional basis.
He instituted and carried through a far-ranging plan to improve CIA
analysis, increasing its output three-fold and, at the same time, sharply
improving its breadth, depth and range.
Dr. Gates is highly respected within the Intelligence Community. He is
widely known and respected throughout the military, diplomatic, and other elements
of the policy community.
Along with John McMahon and myself, he has been a principal spokesman
for intelligence on the Hill and in meetings at the National Security Council
and other interdepartmental groups.
Save only John McMahon, Dr. Gates' knowledge and understanding of the
Intelligence Community, its relationship and how it works, in my opinion,
exceed that possessed by anyone else. I have great confidence in his clarity
and toughness of mind, his managerial skills and effectiveness, his discretion
and integrity.
I have counselled with the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff,
as well as others in the policy and intelligence communities, and I am confident
that Dr. Gates' appointment as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence would be
received with approval and enthusiasm.
Respectfully yours,
William J. C
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24 February 1986.
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
With over 34 years in intelligence, I have reached a stage where I
should move on. I have talked with Bill Casey about my - desire - to l eave'
'
sati sfacti on and
the Agency at-the end of March. :. I do that with ::the
confidence that U.S. intelligence has -never been:better.thanks:to the
resources you have placed into our intelligence effort and the strong
support you have given our intelligence programs. You have also given
our intelligence a unique asset in the appointment of Bill Casey as DCI.
He has brought wisdom, energy, and leadership to our activities that has
provided our country with an intelligence capability second to none.
While I must admit that I do not leave the intelligence world without
mixed emotions, it is gratifying to leave it.on a high-and in such good
hands. I request that I be relieved from my appointment on 29 March
1986. It has been a pleasure and a rewarding experience to-serve you and
my country.
With best wishes for continued success.
Respectfully yours,
STAT
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C.20505
26 February 1986
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
With John McMahon's retirement at the end of March, I would like to
recommend that Robert Gates be appointed Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence.
You will recall that Dr. Gates briefed you on more than one occasion,
most recently a few days before your departure for Geneva, on our major estimate
on the internal situation in the Soviet Union.
Dr. Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in its Career Training
Program 20 years ago. Over his 20 years of service here, he has served as
a US Air Force intelligence officer- as an analyst hriefinn nn SnviPt nnlicips
and tactics,
and as Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs. In
1974, he was assigned to President Nixon's National Security Council Staff
under Dr. Kissinger, with responsibility for Soviet and European affairs.
He continued at the NSC under Brent Scowcroft for the duration of the Ford
Administration. Returning to CIA, he developed a long-term plan for research
and carried out a nationwide survey of private sector and academic work on
the Soviet Union at research centers in the United States. During 1977, he
was asked to return to the NSC Staff as Special Assistant to Dr. Brzezinski.
Returning to CIA in 1979, he became Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center,
and was soon appointed Executive Assistant to the Director. Toward the end
of 1980, he asked to return to analytical work and was appointed National
Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
During 1981, Dr. Gates served with me in the Director's office as Director
of the Executive Staff and as Director of Policy and Planning. In January 1982,
he became the Deputy Director for Intelligence, in which capacity he is
responsible for directing a staff of esponsible for all the
analysis and estimating activities of the entra Intelligence Agency. In
September 1983, I asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Chairman of the
National Intelligence Council. In that capacity he is responsible for the
development of all National Intelligence Estimates prepared in the Intelligence
Community and directs the officers who represent the Intelligence Community in
dealings with policy and decisionmakers throughout the American government.
During his four years as the head of one of the largest research and
analysis organizations in the world, Dr. Gates has demonstrated a high degree
of management skill. He carried through the most far-ranging reorganization
in the history of the Intelligence Directorate, a shift from a functional basis
to a regional basis. This greatly improved the focusing of military, political
and economic expertise on issues in a multidisciplinary way. It also, for
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the first time, squared the organization of intelligence to the way the rest
of the government is organized and to the way problems tend to come up on a
regional rather than a functional basis.
He instituted and carried through a far-ranging plan to improve CIA
analysis, increasing its output three-fold and, at the same time, sharply
improving its breadth, depth and range.
Dr. Gates is highly respected within the Intelligence Community. He is
widely known and respected throughout the military, diplomatic, and other elements
of the policy community.
Along with John McMahon and myself, he has been a principal spokesman
for intelligence on the Hill and in meetings at the National Security Council
and other interdepartmental groups.
Save only John McMahon, Dr. Gates' knowledge and understanding of the
Intelligence Community, its relationship and how it works, in my opinion,
exceed that possessed by anyone else. I have great confidence in his clarity
and toughness of mind, his managerial skills and effectiveness, his discretion
and integrity.
I have counselled with the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff,
as well as others in the policy and intelligence communities, and I am confident
that Dr. Gates' appointment as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence would be
received with approval and enthusiasm.
Respectfully yours,
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C.20505
26 February 1986
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
With John McMahon's retirement at the end of March, I would like to
recommend that Robert Gates be appointed Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence.
You will recall that Dr. Gates briefed you on more than one occasion,
most recently a few days before your departure for Geneva, on our major estimate
on the internal situation in the Soviet Union.
Dr. Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in its Career Training
Program 20 years ago. Over his 20 years of service here, he has served as
a US Air Force intelligence officer, as an analyst briefing on Soviet policies
and tactics,
and as Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs. In
1974, he was assigned to President Nixon's National Security Council Staff
under Dr. Kissinger, with responsibility for Soviet and European affairs.
He continued at the NSC under Brent Scowcroft for the duration of the Ford
Administration. Returning to CIA, he developed a long-term plan for research
and carried out a nationwide survey of private sector and academic work on
the Soviet Union at research centers in the United States. During 1977, he
was asked to return to the NSC Staff as Special Assistant to Dr. Brzezinski.
Returning to CIA in 1979, he became Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center,
and was soon appointed Executive Assistant to the Director. Toward the end
of 1980, he asked to return to analytical work and was appointed National
Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
During 1981, Dr. Gates served with me in the Director's office as Director
of the Executive Staff and as Director of Policy and Planning. In January 1982,
he became the Deputy Director for Intelligence, in which capacity he is
responsible for directing a staff of responsible for all the
analysis and estimating activities o e Central Intelligence Agency. In
September 1983, I asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Chairman of the
National Intelligence Council. In that capacity he is responsible for the
development of all National Intelligence Estimates prepared in the Intelligence
Community and directs the officers who represent the Intelligence Community in
dealings with policy and decisionmakers throughout the American government.
During his four years as the head of one of the largest research and
analysis organizations in the world, Dr. Gates has demonstrated a high degree
of management skill. He carried through the most far-ranging reorganization
in the history of the Intelligence Directorate, a shift from a functional basis
to a regional basis. This greatly improved the focusing of military, political
and economic expertise on issues in a multidisciplinary way. It also, for
STAT
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the first time, squared the organization of intelligence to the way the rest
of the government is organized and to the way problems tend to come up on a
regional rather than a functional basis.
He instituted and carried through a far-ranging plan to improve CIA
analysis, increasing its output three-fold and, at the same time, sharply
improving its breadth, depth and range.
Dr. Gates is highly respected within the Intelligence Community. He is
widely known and respected throughout the military, diplomatic, and other elements
of the policy community.
Along with John McMahon and myself, he has been a principal spokesman
for intelligence on the Hill and in meetings at the National Security Council
and other interdepartmental groups.
Save only John McMahon, Dr. Gates' knowledge and understanding of the
Intelligence Community, its relationship and how it works, in my opinion,
exceed that possessed by anyone else. I have great confidence in his clarity
and toughness of mind, his managerial skills and effectiveness, his discretion
and integrity.
I have counselled with the Vice President, the Secretary of State; the
Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff,
as well as others in the policy and intelligence communities, and I am confident
that Dr. Gates' appointment as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence would be
received with approval and enthusiasm.
Respectfully yours,
William J. C
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The Director of Central Intelligence
VVashingtrnLRC.20505
26 February 1986
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
With John McMahon's retirement at the end of March, I would like to
recommend that Robert Gates be appointed Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence.
You will recall that Dr. Gates briefed you on more than one occasion,
most recently a few days before your departure for Geneva, on our major estimate
on the internal situation in the Soviet Union.
Dr. Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in its Career Training
Program 20 years ago. Over his 20 years of service here, he has served as
a US Air Force intelligence officer, as an analyst briefing on Soviet policies
and as Assistant National Intelligence Ufficer for Strategic Programs. n
and tactics,
1974, he was assigned to President Nixon's National Security Council Staff
under Dr. Kissinger, with responsibility for Soviet and European affairs.
He continued at the NSC under Brent Scowcroft for the duration of the Ford
Administration. Returning to CIA, he developed a long-term plan for research
and carried out a nationwide survey of private sector and academic work on
the Soviet Union at research centers in the United States. During 1977, he
was asked to return to the NSC Staff as Special Assistant to Dr. Brzezinski.
Returning to CIA in 1979, he became Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center,
and was soon appointed Executive Assistant to the Director. Toward the end
of 1980, he asked to return to analytical work and was appointed National
Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
During 1981, Dr. Gates served with me in the Director's office as Director
of the Executive Staff and as Director of Policy and Planning. In January 1982,
he became the Deputy Director for Intelligence, in which capacity he is
responsible for directing a staff of esponsible for all the
analysis and estimating activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. In
September 1983, I asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Chairman of the
National Intelligence Council. In that capacity he is responsible for the
development of all National Intelligence Estimates prepared in the Intelligence
Community and directs the officers who represent the Intelligence Community in
dealings with policy and decisionmakers throughout the American government.
During his four years as the head of one of the largest research and
analysis organizations in the world, Dr. Gates has demonstrated a high degree
of management skill. He carried through the most far-ranging reorganization
in the history of the Intelligence Directorate, a shift from a functional basis
to a regional basis. This greatly improved the focusing of military, political
and economic expertise on issues in a multidisciplinary way. It also, for
STAT
STAT
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the first time, squared the organization of intelligence to the way the rest
of the government is organized and to the way problems tend to come up on a
regional rather than a functional basis.
He instituted and carried through a far-ranging plan to improve CIA
analysis, increasing its output three-fold and, at the same time, sharply
improving its breadth, depth and range.
Dr. Gates is highly respected within the Intelligence Community. He is
widely known and respected throughout the military, diplomatic, and other elements
of the policy community.
Along with John McMahon and myself, he has been a principal spokesman
for intelligence on the Hill and in meetings at the National Security Council
and other interdepartmental groups.
Save only John McMahon, Dr. Gates' knowledge and understanding of the
Intelligence Community, its relationship and how it works, in my opinion,
exceed that possessed by anyone else. I have great confidence in his clarity
and toughness of mind, his managerial skills and effectiveness, his discretion
and integrity.
I have counselled with the Vice President, the Secretary of State; the
Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff,
as well as others in the policy and intelligence communities, and I am confident
that Dr. Gates' appointment as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence would be
received with approval and enthusiasm.
Respectfully yours,
i
William J. C
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The Deputy Dirator of. Central intelligence :.
wash VmaC.20505
24 February 1986.
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
With over 34 years in intelligence, I have reached a stage where I
should move on. I have talked with Bill Casey about my desire to leave
the Agency at the end of March. I do that'with the' satisfaction and
confidence that U.S. intelligence has never been better thanks=to the
resources you have placed into our intelligence effort and the strong
support you have given our intelligence programs. You have also given
our intelligence a unique asset in the appointment of Bill Casey as DCI.
He has brought wisdom, energy, and leadership to our activities that has
provided our country with an intelligence capability second to none.
While I must admit that I do not leave the intelligence world without
mixed emotions, it is gratifying to leave it.on a high and in such good
hands. I request that I be relieved from my_appointment on 29 March
1986. It has been a pleasure and a rewarding experience to serve you and
my country.
With best wishes for continued success.
Respectfully yours,
STAT
STAT
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Robert Gates, a native of Kansas, received his B.A. degree
from the College of William and Mary (1965); his Master's in
History from Indiana University (1966); and his Doctorate in
Russian and Soviet History from Georgetown University (1974).
In 1966 Dr. Gates began his Government career in the Central
Intelligence Agency's Career Training Program. He subsequently
served as a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer assigned to the
Minuteman Missile Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo.
In 1969 Dr. Gates rejoined CIA as a civilian current
intelligence analyst in the Office of Current Intelligence
responsible for analysis, writing articles and giving
intelligence briefings on Soviet policies and tactics toward the
Middle East, Africa, and subsequently the United States.
In 1972, drawing on his background in Soviet affairs, Dr.
Gates was assigned to the staff of the Special Assistant to the
Director of Central Intelligence for Strategic Arms Limitations
(SALT). During this period, he was detailed to the Department of
In late 1973 Dr. Gates was selected as one of two Assistant
National Intelligence Officers for Strategic Programs. In this
position, Dr. Gates participated in the preparation of key
National Intelligence Estimates and other intelligence community
analytical projects on foreign strategic weapons programs.
In 1974 Dr. Gates was assigned to President Nixon's National
Security Council Staff with analytical, policy and operational
responsibilities in the area of US relations with the USSR and
Europe. He continued in this assignment under President Ford.
His skill and contributions while at the NSC were recognized in
personal commendations from President Ford and Assistant to the
President Brent Scowcroft.
In December 1976 Dr. Gates returned to CIA Headquarters to
work in the Center for Policy Support. During the few months Dr.
Gates served in the Center, he developed and implemented a long-
term, directorate-wide plan for research on the USSR, an approach
later adopted for use in planning research in other areas of CIA
regional analysis. Dr. Gates also undertook on behalf of CIA a
nationwide survey of private sector and academic work on the USSR
at US research centers. Through visits to many of these centers
on the Soviet Union, he was able to prepare an authoritative
report on the extent to which academic cooperation with
intelligence analysts was possible and useful, and the limits of
such relationships.
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After only four months in the Center for Policy Support, Dr.
Gates was asked to return to the National Security Council Staff
as a Special Assistant to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs.
Dr. Gates again returned to CIA in 1979 to become Director
of the Strategic Evaluation Center, an analytical organization
responsible for assessing Soviet political-military affairs and
Soviet strategic capabilities and intentions. He was in this
position only three weeks when the Director of Central
Intelligence appointed him as his Executive Assistant. In
November 1980, the Director of Central Intelligence acceded to
Dr. Gates' wish to return to analysis and appointed him as
National Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe, where he served as senior adviser to the Director on
Soviet matters; coordinated intelligence community analysis of
the USSR; and represented the Director in interagency forums
addressing policy issues relevant to the Soviet Union. In
January 1981 Dr. Gates was awarded the Intelligence Medal of
Merit in recognition of his service to the NSC and the Director
of Central Intelligence.
In March 1981 the new Director of Central Intelligence,
William J. Casey, asked Dr. Gates to return to the Office of the
Director to become Director of the Executive Staff, with
responsibility for supervising both the Director's and Deputy
Director's offices and for supporting the CIA Executive
Committee; serving as the Director's liaison with other
departments; overseeing preparations for his participation in NSC
meetings and other interagency forums; and advising him on
analytical and estimative process and organization. In July 1981
the Director asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Director of
the new Office of Policy and Planning. This appointment added to
his earlier responsibilities supervision of CIA's long-range
planning staff as well as Congressional relations and public
affairs. In November 1981 the Director asked Dr. Gates once
again to become National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and
Eastern Europe, again concurrently with his other
responsibilities.
The DCI appointed Dr. Gates Deputy Director for Intelligence
on 4 January 1982. In this position, he directs the Central
Intelligence Agency's component responsible for all analysis and
production of finished intelligence. On 1 September 1983,
Director Casey asked Dr. Gates to serve concurrently as Chairman
of the National Intelligence Council. In this position Dr. Gates
directs the preparation of all National Intelligence Estimates
prepared by the Intelligence Community. He also administers the
Council, which includes the National Intelligence Officers and
associated Analytical Group.
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The Washington, D.C., Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1978
named Dr. Gates as a recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award,
presented annually by the Chamber of Commerce to the 10 most
outstanding young men and women in the Federal service. Dr.
Gates is married and has two children.
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During his four years as head of one of the largest research
and analysis organizations in the world, Dr. Gates has
demonstrated significant management skill. Taking office only a
few weeks after the most far-ranging reorganization in the
history of the Directorate of Intelligence, it fell to Dr. Gates
to make it work. He not only brought this reorganization to
completion and realized its benefits, he did so without any
interruption in CIA service to the users of intelligence.
Equally important, Dr. Gates assumed his current position
with a far-reaching plan to improve the quality of CIA analysis
and implemented it more successfully than any one could have
hoped. The program involved a massive change in the structure
and organization of the research and analysis effort as well as a
long overdue change in culture and attitude. Dr. Gates
instituted a number of management reforms, including creation of
new organizations to deal with problems such as technology
transfer and terrorism, new means of evaluating professionals,
new training programs, revisions to CIA's approach to working
with US business and universities, giving promising younger men
and women opportunities in management, and, above all, instilling
throughout the organization a firm commitment that quality and
accuracy were to be the top priorities. He significantly
expanded training and overseas experiences for CIA analysts, and
succeeded in breaking down decades old barriers between the
clandestine service and the analytical elements of CIA. As
Deputy Director for Intelligence, he carried out a wide range of
complicated and sensitive reforms and improvements without
misstep.
Even the significant improvements that Dr. Gates conceived
and implemented in the Directorate of Intelligence do not do full
justice to his managerial skills and leadership:
As Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, and
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Dr. Gates has
performed two full-time jobs simultaneously. Moreover,
in these capacities he has served as the spokesman and
leader of the entire Intelligence Community production
effort. In budget hearings on the Hill, he has been
accompanied by the Directors of INR and DIA and served
as the spokesman for the Community.
As the leader of the Community analytical effort, he has
been in the forefront of changes to improve the
Community's dialogue with policy users of intelligence,
to improve the requirements process for the Community as
a whole, to ensure that the needs of the users of
intelligence drive large Community technical collection
programs, and to bring about close coordination of
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external contracting by all intelligence production
components.
-- Dr. Gates also has served in a leading managerial role
in CIA. He is the senior Deputy Director, and has
played a key role for more than four years as a member
of the Executive Committee in the management and
allocation of all CIA resources.
-- Complementing his managerial achievements has been his
Community oriented approach to problem solving and
intelligence work. He is respected by all Intelligence
Community managers not only for his managerial skill but
for his efforts to tie the Community together more
closely and his remarkable good judgment. In this
connection, he has been closely involved in decisions
relating to Community resource issues, including large
technical collection systems -- with which he is
intimately familiar.
Dr. Gates' leadership in Intelligence Community issues and
resource allocations over the last several years and his
successful management of the analytical process of the Community
as well as CIA are well recognized in the Intelligence and policy
communities. He brings a gift for management as well as an
understanding of the collection, analytical and operational
aspects of the Intelligence Community unmatched by any other
person.
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