MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF LESLIANNE SHEDD<SANITIZED>

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06767325
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• Document Page Count: 76
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-01475
• Publication Date: December 3, 1996

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3 December 1996
MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF LESLIANNE SHEDD
1. A memorial service in honor of Leslianne Shedd an Agency employee in Africa
Division, will be held Friday, 6 December 1996 at 1000 hours in the Headquarters
Auditorium. Ms. Shedd was killed on 23 November 1996 when her hijacked
Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Indian Ocean.
2. All Agency employees are invited to attend this memorial service. Opening remarks
will be made by the Director of Central Intelligence.
3. Agency expressions of sympathy have been extended to the family.
This Employee Bulletin was initiated by DO/AF
DISTRIBUTION: EB ALL EMPLOYEES
N. B. "EB ALL EMPLOYEES" means that each Agency employee who does
not have access to Lotus Notes is to receive his or her own hard-copy.
If you observe this issuance on a reading board and have not received
a copy, please contact your distribution officer.
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LESLIANNE SHEDD
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FRIDAY, 6 DECEMBER 1996
10:00 A.M.
HEADQUARTERS AUDITORIUM
DCI SCENARIO
You are scheduled to host a memorial service for Leslianne Shedd on Friday,
6 December, at 10:00 A.M. in the Headquarters Auditorium. Upon the arrival of the Shedd
family at Headquarters (approximately 9:45), they will be escorted to the DCI Conference
Room by Office of Protocol staff. Names of family members are provided on the attached
guest list. George and Tenet, Nora Slatkin, David Cohen,
will join you in greeting the family.
You will present the Exceptional Service MedaIIion toMr. and Mrs. Shedd in recognition of
Leslianne's service. At 9:55 you and your guests will depart the DCI Conference Room for
the auditorium. You will walk to the red elevators where two SPOs will be positioned to take
you to the first floor. You will go through the front lobby to the auditorium. The sequence of
the program is as follows:
09:45 The USMC String Quartet will play prelude music while guests arrive for the
service.
10:00 You will be seated in the second row, front center section of the auditorium,
next to Mr. and Mrs. Shedd. Mr. and Mrs. Tenet, Ms. Slatkin, and
additional family members will also be seated in the second row.
Mr. Cohen will proceed to the lectern and ask the audience to stand for
the presentation of colors by the Armed Forces Color Guard and to remain
standing for the "National Anthem" and an opening prayer.
Following the "National Anthem," the Color Guard and Marine Quartet will
depart the auditorium.
Prayer by the Reverend,
Reverend
will return to his seat in the audience.
Mr. Cohen will return to the lectern and introduce you.
Your remarks.
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Following your remarks, you will return to your seat in the audience.
Mr. Cohen will step back to the lectern to introduce
who will give the first of five
eulogies.
(Each eulogy will be from 3-5 minutes long.)
Mr. Cohen will then introduce the additional eulogists in the following order:
friend and colleague;
"friend and colleague;
\ Chief, Africa Division.
At the conclusion of the last eulogy, Mr. Cohen will return to the lectern
and invite the Keynotes to close the ceremony with "America the Beautiful."
He will also ask that at the conclusion of the ceremony the audience remain
seated until the official party and the family have left the auditorium.
The family will remain in the auditorium lobby to receive condolences from
Agency employees.
Note: Following "America the Beautiful", the lights will be dimmed and a picture of
Leslianne Shedd along with the Agency Seal, will be projected onto the
auditorium disks.
*The Exceptional Service Medallion is awarded for injury or death of Agency employees resulting from hazards of service in areas
outside the United States where there is internal strife, civil disturbance, or hostile action by armed forces or persons unfriendly
to the United States or in assignments outside the United States where they are called upon to face unusual and unavoidable
hazards due to geographical or other natural condition.
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SCRIPT FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS
Upon your arrival at the auditorium, please proceed directly on stage to the
lectern.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN
STANDING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS,
FOLLOWED BY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND AN OPENING
PRAYER.
At the conclusion of the presentation of colors and the National Anthem, you will
ask Reverend
REVEREND
to offer an opening prayer.
WILL OFFER THE OPENING PRAYER.
Following the prayer, Reverend
will return to his seat in the audience.
You will step back to the lectern and introduce the DCI, who will give remarks. You will
be seated in a chair on the stage during the DCI's remarks.
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PLEASE BE SEATED. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. A
SPECIAL WELCOME TO LESLIANNE'S FAMILY AND LOVED
ONES WHO HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
BE WITH US TODAY.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, THE HONORABLE
JOHN M. DEUTCH.
Following DCI's remarks, he will return to his seat in the audience. You will
return to the lectern to introduce
eulogy. You will return to your seat on the stage.
who will deliver the first
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I WOULD LUKE TO INVITE
DELIVER A EULOGY.
Following the eulogy,
lectern and introduce the next eulogist,
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will return to his seat. You will return to the
Following the eulogy,
lectern and introduce the next eulogist,
WILL OFFER A EULOGY.
will return to his seat. You will return to the
A FRIEND AND
COLLEAGUE OF LESLIANNE, WILL OFFER A EULOGY.
Following the eulogy,
lectern and introduce the next eulogist,
will return to her seat. You will return to the
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ANOTHER FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF LESLIANNE'S,
WILL NOW OFFER A EULOGY.
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CHIEF, AFRICA DIVISION, WILL OFFER
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A FEW WORDS.
Upon completion of eulogy,
will return to his seat. You will return to
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the lectern and ask the Keynotes to sing "America the Beautiful."
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WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND WHILE THE KEYNOTES SING
"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL." AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
CEREMONY WE ASK THAT YOU REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL
THE OFFICIAL PARTY AND THE FAMILY LEAVE THE
AUDITORIUM.
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"America the Beautiful"
This concludes the ceremony.
You will exit stage and depart auditorium with the official party and the Shedd
Family.
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SHEDD MEMORIAL SERVICE
rrui.)AY, 6 DECEMBER 1996
10:00 A.M.
HEADQUARTERS AUDITORIUM
AGENCY OFFICIALS
Mr. George J. Tenet, DDCI
Ms. Nora Slatkin, ExDIR
Mr. Frederick P. Hitz, IG
Mr. David Cohen, DDO
NON-AGENCY GUESTS
FAMILY
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LESUANNE SHEDD MEMORIAL SERVICE
FRIDAY, 6 DECEMBER 1996
10:00 A.M.
HEADQUARTERS AUDITORIUM
NON-AGENCY GUESTS
Badged
WIFE OF DDCI
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FAMILY
VIP PARKING REQUESTED.
VISITOR BADGES ARE NOT REQUIRED�
POINT OF CONTACT:
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Memorial Service
Friday �6 December 1996� 10:00 a.m.
Headquarters Auditorium
MARINE BAND PERSONNEL
(WILL HAVE DRIVER AND ARRIVE IN WHITE USMC MINI-BUS)
JOINT ARMED FORCES COLOR GUARD.
UNITED STATES ARMY(will have driver)
three members, names not received
UNITED STATES NAVY
one member, names not received.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
two members, names not received
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
one member, names not received
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
two members, names not received
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Posthumous Award of the
Exceptional Service Medallion
to
Leslianne Shedd
John M. Deutch
Director of Central Intelligence
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