JOHN MCMAHON, FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POST FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 5, 1986
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N _ ws Bulletin : FBIS Wire Service, Story 025/T4498
Current listing of: T4498:3
Slug:TASS: CIAS MCMAHON RESIGNS; DR
Category:FBIS
5 March 198 J
Item No. 2
03/05/86 06:19 Page:
Date: 03/05/86 06:19:36
Story: 025
LD051034 MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 1024 GMT 5 MAR 86
(TEXT) WASHINGTON MARCH 5 TASS -- BY TASS CORRESPONDENT
ALEKSANDR LYUTYY:
JOHN MCMAHON, FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POST FOR "PERSONAL
REASONS".
C PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION AND APPOINTED
TO THE POST ROBERT GATES, THE AGENCY'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
INTELLIGENCE.
ACCORDING TO UPI NEWS AGENCY, SEVERAL EXTREME RIGHT-WING
ORGANIZATIONS LED BY THE REACTIONARY FREE THE EAGLE GROUPING HAVE
SOUGHT MCMAHON'S RESIGNATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE HE, AS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS IN CHARGE OF THE CIA'S CLANDESTINE
SPY NETWORK FROM 1978 TO 1981. DOUBTED THE ADVISABILITY OF
PROVIDING ARMAMENTS TO ANTI-AFGHAN BANDITS THROUGH CIA CHANNELS.
EVEN IF THE CHARGES AGAINST MCMAHON WERE UNTRUE, THE
ADMINISTRATION, AS NEWS ANALYSTS BELIEVE, COULD NOT KEEP IN THE
AGENCY'S NO. 2 POST A PERSON WHOSE COMMITMENT TO THE UNDECLARED WAR
AGAINST AFGHANISTAN WAS IN DOUBT.
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