CASEY'S WW II MEMOIRS DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN SPRING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 2, 1987
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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REUTERS
2 October 1987
CASEY'S WW II MEMOIRS DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN SPRING
WASHINGTON
The World War II memoirs of late Director of Central Intelligence William
Casey, detailing covert U.S. operations in the war, will be published next year,
a Washington-based publishing firm has announced.
Publisher Alfred S. Regnery said late on Thursday that his firm, Regnery
Gateway inc., had reached formal agreement with Casey's widow, Sophia, to
release The Secret War Against Hitler" next spring.
Casey, who was CIA director from 1981-1986, served as a staff officer in
the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA. Regnery said that
although Casey wrote most of the 600-page manuscript before 1981 he declined to
publish it while tie was director of the CIA.
Casey stepped down in December 1986 and died of cancer in May.
The announcement came just days after the appearance of a book by Washington
Post reporter Bob Woodward alleging that Casey, as CIA director, authorized an
assassination attempt an a Lebanese Shiite leader and was aware of the
diversion of Iran arms sales profits to the Nicaraguan Contras.
But Regnery told Reuters the timing of the announcement was "only
coincidental" with the publication of Woodward's "Veil: The Secret Wars of the
CIA. "
He said his firm had signed the agreement with Mrs. Casey six weeks ago and
the final details were worked out this week.
"Casey's book illuminates the specific role that clandestine operations
played in the Allied defeat of the Third Reich," Regnery said in a statement.
"He makes no apologies for unorthodox methods which were successful in leading
to Hitler's downfall."
Casey's philosophy of how covert actions should be prosecuted have been the
focus of debate since White House aide Lt.-Col. Oliver North testified before
the Iran-Contra committees about many operations authorized by Casey.
"Finally Americans will have a chance to judge for themselves by reading
Casey's own words," the statement said.
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7 September 1987
vuz in the Cold
Why Casey bypassed the CIA
As a spymaster with the Office of Stra-
tegic services during World War II,
William Casey was an action-oriented op-
erator who dropped agents behind enemy
lines. As Ronald Reagan's director of
Central Intelligence 40 years later, Casey
chafed at Washington's restrictive atmo-
sphere. That, says a subordinate, was one
reason Casey brushed off warnings from
top assistants and teamed up with Lieut.
Colonel Oliver North to swap arms for
hostages with Iran.
"Bill Casey was the last great bucca-
neer from oss," said Clair George, the
CIA's chief of covert operations. "He saw
in Ollie North a part of that, and he liked
Ollie." Transcripts of George's remarks,
made in closed sessions with Congress's
Iran-contra committees in early August,
were released last week. Unnamed offi-
cials in the White House, said George.
considered the CIA too timid on covert ac-
tion. "The way to handle Bill Casey was to
outflank him to the right ... suggest that
maybe. he wasn't ready to take high risk."
Casey's reaction, reinforced by in-
tense White House pressure to free Amer-
ican hostages in Lebanon, was to go along
with what George called some "hare-
brained schemes." Casey ignored his
aides' objections to using outsiders, such
as retired Air Force Major General Rich-
ard Secord. The director also relied on
Iranian Manucher Ghorbanifar as a mid-
dleman, despite CIA warnings that Ghor-
banifar had been shown to be "dishonest
and untruthful." When George learned
that Casey nevertheless intended to seek
Ghorbanifar's help, he took the rare step
of telling his boss, "Bill, I'm not going to
run this guy anymore ... He is a bum."
George claimed that Casey wanted .
North and the National Security staff to:
handle the Iran initiative, because he
knew that his own aides, including CIA
Deputy Director John McMahon as well
as George, were opposed.
Nor did some of Cas
'
ey
s men share
their chiefs admiration for North. Alan
Fiers- , who worked with North on the con-
traresupply operation as chief of the
CIA'S Latin American Task Force, told
the committees, "I never knew Colonel
North to be an absolute liar, but I never
took anything he said at face value."
The Iran-contra deals could lead to
indictments against North, Secord and
former National Security Adviser John
Poindexter. Associates of Poindexter's
said last week the admiral intends to re-
tire Oct. 1, well before he might. have to
stand trial. North's magic, meanwhile,
seems to have faded. A recent New York
Times-CBS poll shows only 33% support-
ing U.S. aid to the Nicaragua contras, vs.
40% shortly after North's emotional testi-
mony to Congress in Jul
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Casey's Brain
Chicago. wanted to work with him, and the
CIA should be left out.
N ANCY DAVIS once made a Who was there to stop Mr. Casey
movie called "Donovan's from getting his own way, since few
Brain." It is a variant on the could know about his activities ex-'
Frankenstein pattern, the story of a cept the shady associates he joined,
monster tended for one's own gran- to them? He turned to profiteers In.
diose purposes, only to have the the outside world, and to people east-.
monster destroy those purposes and ly intimidated or impressed within
oneself. the government - to Robert McFar
Testimony first released from CIA lane, who has confessed that he had
officials makes it seem that William not the nerve to criticize any policy if.
that would have made Mr. Casey (or
Jeane Kirkpatrick) call him a corn-
By Garry Wills munist; to Oliver North, who had a
positive thirst for obeying the kind of
orders Mr. Casey was giving.
ster. He was kept on despite his gruff Ghorbanifaz, McFarlane, North -
ways, dubious friends and defiance what a crew. Even Mr. McFarlane
of the rules (like the guidelines on thought Colonel North was shows
conflict of interest) because he prom- signs of the Instability that had 1
ised to do extraordinary things, out. him to commitment in a military.,
side the normal human scale, only hospital for mental breakdown ln'
to reveal that he was a diminished or the past. Mr. McFarlane, who tried'
impaired human by the time he did to commit suicide when he came unr,
his most influential (ruinous) things, der pressure. is hardly a model of,
Mr. Casey was inarticulate, auto- stability himself. Nor Is one who
cratic and 74 years old by the end; winced from the criticism of Jeane
and above judgment. He had defied Kirkpatrick a model of firmness iu
and lied to Congress: he had used res" orders- ^
the CIA in ways that ran against the And Mr. Casey, defying the Intel=
law. We knew all that. Now we are ligence of his own agency, seeks
learning that he was at odds with out such broken reeds, was sufferinn,.
his own instrument, that the CIA from a cancerous brain tumor at thg,
was trying to check him, and failing. time he was directing this operation.
Clair George, the CIA's senior op- The monster down in the basement
erations official, testified to the con- was not exposed to the light of day:'
gressional committees that Mr. Cas- to criticism even from his colleaguesr
ey would "wire around" the CIA, go to congressional oversight. We do'
outside it, keep it in the dark, to et not know what the disengaged presi;,
his devious way. The CIA had, for dent of the United States was doing
instance, correctly taken the mea- to add expertise or balance to Mr'
sure of Manucher Ghorbanifar, and Casey's fantasies. But Nancy
not only because he flunked its lie Reagan should be able to find some--
detector test. No matter. Mr. Casey thing familiar in this entire story.
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WILLIAM J. CASEY
2 June 1987
11:00 a.m.
Headquarters Building
Front Entrance Quadrangle
"And ye shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free" ..... John VIII-XXXII
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PROGRAM
Prelude music .................................................................. U.S. MARINE BAND
Presentation of the Colors .................... U.S. MARINE CORPS COLOR GUARD
The National Anthem ......................................................................ASSEMBLY
Retire the Colors .................................. U.S. MARINE CORPS COLOR GUARD
Opening Remarks ........................................................ WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
Director of Central Intelligence
Eulogy ...................................................................................... JOHN A. BROSS
Prayer ........................................................................ FATHER PHILIP DABNEY
St. Mary's Seminary
Lord's Prayer ....................................................................................ASSEMBLY
America the Beautiful ......................................................................ASSEMBLY
Taps
Postlude music ................................................................ U.S. MARINE BAND
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The National Anthem
Oh say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
America, the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.
America! America! God shed His grace on Thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
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PROTOCOL BRANCH
Routing Slip
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR
WILLIAM J. CASEY
Headquarters - Front Entrance Quadrangle
Family
Mrs. William J. Casey (wife)
Mrs.
Bernadette Casey Smith (daughter)
Mr.
Owen Smith
(son-in-law)
Ms.
Mary Blend
Mr.
Larry Casey
(nephew)
Mrs.
Rita Casey
(sister-in-law)
Ms.
Mary Costello
Mr.
Tan Glenn
Ms.
Barbara Hayward
Miss Lillian Kurz
Mr. Thomas Langan
Mrs. Virginia McCann
Mr. William McCann
Miss Tiffany McCann
Mr. Nevins McCann
Mr. Jerry Murray
Mr. Fred Nimmich
Mrs. Dorothy Nimmich (sister)
Mr. Shepherd "Skip" Poole
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Memorial Service for William J. Casey
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Agency Officials
Judge William H. Webster, DCI
Mr. Robert M. Gates,l DDCI
Mr. William F. Donnelly, DDA
Outside Guests
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EMPLOYEE
BULLETIN
27 May 1987
1. All Agency employees are invited and encouraged to attend the memorial
service for the late Director of Central Intelligence, William J. Casey, on
Tuesday, 2 June 1987. The ceremony will be held on the quadrangle in front of the
Headquarters Building and will begin promptly at 11 a.m. A sign language
interpreter will be provided for the hearing-impaired.
2. In addition to the regular Agency shuttles, special buses will be provided
for personnel assigned to outlying buildings. The bus schedule is as follows:
Building
Departure Time
Return shuttles will depart immediately following the service at approximately
11:45 a.m. From approximately 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. the perimeter road in front
of the Headquarters Auditorium and Building will be closed; all drivers are
asked Ito plan accordingly.
3. In the event of rain, the special buses will not be provided and the
ceremony will be moved to the Headquarters Auditorium where admittance will be
by ticket only. If held inside, the ceremony will be televised live in lA07,
1E74, 1E78, and the South Cafeteria on a first-come-first-served basis.
N.B. "ALL EMPLOYEES" means that each Agency employee is to receive his or her
own copy. If an employee observes this bulletin on a reading board and
has not received a copy, please contact the Regulatory Policy Division on
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