BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT M. GATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301320001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 14, 1983
• Content Type: BIO

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The Director of Central Intelligence, Mr. idilliam J. Casey,
appointed Dr. Robert M. Gates to be Chairman, National
Intelligence Council effective 1 September 1983. In this .
position Dr. Gates serves as the DCI's principal adviser on
intelligence analysis and directs the preparation of all National
Intelligence Estimates prepared by the Intelligence Community.
He also administers the Council, which includes. the National
Intelligence Of~fice.rs. and ~~ssociated Analytic Group.
Dr. Gates continues~to serve concurrently as Deputy Director
for Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency. As such, he
directs the Central Intelligence Agency's component responsible
for all analysis and production of finished intelligence. He
assumed this position in January 1982.
Dr. Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966,
serving successively as current intelligence analyst,, an the
staff of the Special Assistant to the Director of Central
Intelligence for Strategic Arms Limitations, and as oae of two
Assistant National Intelligence Officers for Strategic
Programs. In 1974 he was assigned to the National Security
Council Staff.
After a total of nearly six years at the NSC serving three
Presidents, Dr. Gates returned to CIA in January. 1980 to head the
Strategic Evaluation Center but shortly thereafter was. named
Executive Assistant to the Director of Central~Intelligence. In
November 1980 he .was apointed National Intelligence Officer. for
the.USSR. In March 1981 he was appointed Director of the
Executive Staff and in July was named~to headsimultaneously a
n.ew Office of Policy and. Planning. In November 1981, the
Director asked Dr. Gates once again to become National.
Intelligence Officer for the USSR, concurrently with his other
responsibilities, where he served until his appointment as Deputy
Director for Intelligence.
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BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT ~1. GATES (continued)
Dr. Gates is the recipient of 'the Zntel.ligence Medal of
Merit and the Arthur S. Flemming Award, which i~s presented
annually. to the ten most outstanding young men and women in the
Federal Service.
Dr. Gates, a native of Kansas, received his BA Degree from
the College of William and Mary, his Masters Degree in history.
froffi Indiana University, and his Doctorate in Russian and Soviet
history from Georgetown University,
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