A CIA REMINISCENCE

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A?'"'ICI~ES ~ KASH.INGTOI' QUART L`_'
GEORGET9iNM' U:;IVERS L
OE ?Ku! CT R for STRATEGIC and II~ TERNATIO
ATTMP,21 198,2
P.m S Cirne is a senior associate at CS/S
and formcri\, Seri cd as drpur' director for
intelligence at the C/A and director of the
bureau d Intrllrrerce and Research or the
State Department. His latest book, The CIA:
Realm. \ ersus Myth fR?ashingron: Acropolis
buois, /9,5: 1, contains an earlier version of
this reminiscence.
i'D~ =y+s =^^
The CIA's deputy director for intelligence
(DDI) supervises the sorting and study of the
flood of information reaching this country
from all sources, sifting the wheat from the
chaff, the signals from the noise. He is the
highest-ranking full-time intelligence analyst
in Washington. He is responsible for keeping
meaningful intelligence flowing to the whole
national security community and for letting
his boss, the Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI), and the DCI's boss, the president,
know what is going on in the turbulent world
of foreign geopolitics and actual or potential
threats of military action.
Among the most crucial are the 1.000 men
and women working in the National Photo-
graphic Intelligence Center (NPIC), where in
1962 high-flying U-2 and satellite reconnais-
Ray S. One
National euphoria over t
successful conclusion of
Cuban missile crisis, arg
former key CIA analyst, at the
time may have contributed to
decreasing U.S. concern for
intelligence assessment in
subsequent years.
A CIA
rZemaniscence
sance photography received its initial readout
after each flight.
In 1962, 1 served as DDI under John A.
McCone, and on a normal day at my desk on
the seventh floor in the Langley headquarters
building, hundreds of pieces of information
were called to my attention in one way or
another to make sure I perceived the strategic
implications and tried to communicate them
to the director, Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNa-
mara, Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and
President John F. Kennedy.
Use in the afternoon of October 15, 1962,
my secure (scrambled) phone rang and. a se-
nior officer at NPIC cast all the many other
thoughts and preoccupations of the DDI out
vat
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
Dear
Hold for White House announcement at 11 A.M. today
(9 March 1962).
This is a personal advance to you. General Carter
left Washington yesterday and is back at Fort Bliss, Texas.
I am also enclosing for release at 11 A.M. today the
announcement that Frank G. Wisner, one-time Deputy Director
for Plans, CIA, is returning to the Agency as Special
Assistant to the Director. He will be in the Washington
Headquarters at Langley, Virginia.
I have no picture of Carter but Defense should have
Stanle y
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Bill Beale, AP
Wally Carroll, N.Y. Times
Bob Donovan, N.Y. Times
Ben Gilbert, Washington Post
Mark Watson, Baltimore Sun
John O'Rourke, Washington Daily News.
Ted Lewis, N.Y. Daily News
John Steele, Time
Ben Bradlee, Newsweek
Bob Hartman, L.A. Times
Mark Childs, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Sidney Epstein, Washington Star
Julius Frandsen, UPI
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MAR 9 1962
General Marshall Sylvester Carter,, United States Army, to be the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence vice General Charles P. Cabell, USAF,
The White House today announced the President had selected Major
resigned.
General Carter will be the principal executive officer of the Central
Intelligence Agency and in the absence of the Director, John A. McCone, will
be the Acting Director. Mr. McCone recommended to the President the appoint-
ment of General Carter.
Under the directive issued by the President on 16 January 1962, Mr.
MoCone, as principal. intelligence officer to the President, will give effec-
of the United States Intelligence Board. Under this same directive the DDCI
tive guidance to the entire intelligence community and will preside as Chairman
will be the CIA representative on the Board and will act as the Agency's chief
executive officer operating under the policy guidance of the Director. Under
General Carter is an outstanding officer having served in high government
this plan, the Depity Director will assume greater responsibilities,
posts which gave him intimate knowledge of the functions of intelligence in
the U. S. Government.
General Carter is now the Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Defense Center
and Commandant, U. S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas. He has bad
considerable experience in international affairs, having served as a member of
the United States Delegation to the following international conferences:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1947.
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Conference of Four Heads of State, Cairo, Egypt, 192+3.
Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow, USSR, 1947.
Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of Peace and Security,
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Second Session, General Assembly, United Nations, New York, 1947.
Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogota,
Columbia, 1948.
Lira, &WOU10% under i. aesslon, uni.rea iua'
General Carter served as Director of the Executive Office of the Secre-
tary of Defense under Secretary George C. Marshall and also under Secretary
Robert A. Lovett. He.has had varied military service not only as a staff
Sfficer but with Coast Artillery units, with anti-aircraft artillery units,
with infantry divisions, air defense commands. He was Executive Assistant
to the Assistant to the Secretary of State, and in 1949, was named Deputy to the
Ambassador for Military Assistance Programs for Europe with station at the,
American Embassy in London. He had the rank of Minister and concurrently was
Deputy Chairman, European Correlation Committee.
General Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 16 September 1909,
the son of-Brigadier General and Mrs. C. C. Carter. He was married on 14
July 1934 to Preot Nichols. They have one son and two daughters. General
Carter was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1931 with a
Bachelor of Science degree and in 1936 received a Master of Science-degree from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also was graduated from the
Battery Officers' Course, the Coast Artillery School, and in 1950 was gradu-
ated from the National, War College.
second. lieutenant on 11 June 1931 General Carter became a temporary
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Brigadier General on 8 April 19+7 and a Major General on 21 December 1955
with date of rank from 1 July 1951-
Gene ral Carter has served in Panama, China, London, Alaska, Hawaii.
His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Bronze Star Medal, and decorations
from the.Republic of China and the Netherlands. He is known to his colleagues
as "Pat" Carter. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, camping, and ice hockey.
Regarding General Carter the late General George C. Marshall wrote:
"One of the top men of the Army. Officer of the highest
integrity and dependability. Has broad knowledge of world
affairs and figpres."
Robert A. Lovett, former Secretary of Defense wrote of General
Carter:
"General Carter is an officer of unusual ability. He is
eminently qualified for high positions of trust and responsibility.
He has performed brilliantly in an exceedingly difficult assignment.
involving unusually heavy responsibilities and severe pressure."
General E.E. Partridge, USAF, when Commanding NORAD, wrote:
"General Carter is the most outstanding senior officer who ever
served with me., His ability to work with all services and foreign
governments is exceptional."
General L.S. Kuter, now commanding NORAD wrote of General Carter who
was Chief of Staff of NORAD:
"One of the most outstanding general officers known to me from
any service. Chiefly through his sound, steady and persistent effort
officers and men of the NORAD staff have been integrated into a group
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dedicated only to the accomplishment of the mission assigned NORAD
without any prejudice in form of any one service or any one country."
Lewis W. Douglas, when Ambassador to the Court of St. James',
wrote of General Carter, then Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador
in London:
"General Carter is completely dependable and industrious; his
candor combined with tact, his almost complete selflessness and high
sense of responsibility; his unimpeachable integrity, courteous firmness;
his ability to quickly acquire knowledge of new duties; his adaptability
and likeable personality, altogether, make General Carter a person of
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARSHALL. SYLVESTER CARTER, U. S. ARMY
Marshall Sylvester Carter, Lieutenant General, United States Army, became
the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 3 April 1962.
On 9 March 1962 the White House announced that President John F. Kennedy
had selected General Carter to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, on
the recommendation of Mr. McCone, the Director. On 12 March 1962, the Presi-
dent submitted General Carter's nomination, with the rank of Lieutenant General,
to the United States Senate for confirmation. After public hearing he was ap-
proved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, on 29 March 1962, and was con-
firmed by the Senate on 2 April 1962. On 3 April 1962, he was sworn into office
at JL.. Headquarters.
General Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on 16 September 1909,
the son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. C. C. Carter. He was graduated from the United
States Military Academy in 1931, with the Bachelor of Science degree. In 1936
he :received a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology? He was graduated in 1940 from the Coast Artillery School, and in 1950
from the National War College. He was married on 14 July 1934 to Preot Nichols.
They have one son and two daughters.
During World War II, General Carter served in Panama, in China, and on the
War Department General Staff. In addition, in 1943 he was a member of the U. S.
Delegation to the Cairo Conference of the Four Heads of State. From July 1945
to January 1946 he was stationed in the China Theater, first as Deputy G-5 at
U. S. Theater Headquarters, in Chungking, and later as G-5, in Shanghai. He
became Assistant Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War, in Washington, in
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January 1946, serving until March 1946.
From March 1946 to March 1949 General Carter served with General George C.
Marshall, first as special representative in Washington in General Marshall's
China Mission and, from January 1947 on, as special assistant to Secretary of
State Marshall. While at the Department of State he also served on the U. S.
Delegations at the following international conferences: the Council of Foreign
Ministers, in Moscow, 1947; the Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of
Peace and Security, in Rio de Janeiro, 1947; the General Assembly of the United
Nations, in New York City, 1947, and in Paris, 1948; and the Ninth International
Conference of American States, in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948.
From March to July 1949, General Carter was on duty in London with American
Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas, serving as his Deputy for Military Assistance Pro-
grams for Europe. Concurrently he served as Deputy Chairman of the European
Correlation Committee. In these capacities he held the personal rank of Minister.
After a year on training and command assignments in 1949-50, in Washington
and Japan, General Carter was transferred to the Department of Defense, where he
served as Executive Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, 1950-51, and to his
successor, Secretary Robert A. Lovett, 1951-52. Subsequentlyhe held the follow-
inkg command positions in the United States and overseas, from 1952 to 1962:
Deputy Commanding General, U. S. Army Alaska and 71st
Infantry Division, November 1952-May; 1955;
Commanding General, 5th Anti-Aircraft Regional Command,
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, June 1955-June 1956;
Deputy Commander, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command, Ent
Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado) June -
November 1956;
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense Command, Colorado
Springs) Colorado, September 1957-December 1959;
Chief of Staff, Eighth U. S.. Army Korea, December 1959 -
February 1961;
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Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Defense Center, and
Commandant, U. S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss,
Texas, March 1961-March 1962.
From Second Lieutenant, on 1.1 June 1931, General Carter became a tempo-
rary Brigadier General on 8 April 19+7 and a Major General on 21 December 1955,
with date of rank from 1 July 1951. On 2 April 1962 he was confirmed by the
Senate in the rank of Lieutenant General. His decorations included the Dis-
:anguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit with Oak
Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, and decorations from the Republic of China
and he Netherlands.
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LI ANT GM .AL MARSHALL SYLVNS= CARTER, U.S. ARMY
Marshall Sylvester Carter, Lieutenant General, United States Army,
became the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 3 April 1962.
On 9 March 1962 the White House announced that President John F.
Kennedy had selected General Carter to be Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence, on the recommendation of Mr. McCone, the Director. On
12 march 1962 the President: submitted General Carter's nomination, with
the rank of Lieutenant General, to the United States Senate for
confirmation. After public hearing he was approved by the Senate Armed
Services Committee, on 29 March 1962, and was confirmed by the Senate,
on 2 April 1962. On 3 April 1962 he was sworn into office at CIA
Headquarters.
General Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on 16 September
1909, the son of Brig. Can. and Mrs. C.C. Carter. He was graduated from
the United States Military Academy in 1931, with the Bachelor of Science
degree. In 1936 he received a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He was graduated in 1940 from the Coast Artillery
School, and in 1950 from the National War College. He was married on
14 July 1934 to Preot Nichols. They have one son and two daughters.
Daring World War II General Carter served in Panama., in China, and
in the War Department General Staff. In addition, in 1943 he was a member
of the V.S. Delegation to the Cairo Conference of the Four Heads of State.
From July 1945 to January 1946 he was stationed in the China Theater, first
as Deputy 0-5 at U.B. Theater Headquarters, in Chungking, and later as G-5,
in Shanghai. He became Assistant Executive to the Assistant Secretary of
War, in Washington, in January 1946, serving until March 1946.
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From march 1946 to March 1949 General Carter served with General
George C. Marshall, first as spgcial representative in Washington in
General Marshall's China Mission and, from January 1947 on, as special
assistant to Secretary of State Marshall. While at the Department of
State he also served on the U.B. Delegations at the following inter-
national conferences: the Council of Foreign Ministers, in Moscow, 1947;
the Inter American Conference for Maintenance of Peace and Security, in
Rio de Janeiro, 1947; the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New
York City, 1947, and in Paris, 1948; and the Ninth International
Conference of American States, in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948.
From March to July 1949 General Carter was on duty in London
with American Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas, serving as his Deputy for
Military Assistance Programs for Europe. Concurrently he served
as Deputy Chairman of the European Correlation Committee. In these
capacities he held the personal rank of Minister.
After a year on training and command assignments in 1949-50, in
Washington and Japan, General Carter was transferred to the Department
of Defense, where he served as Executive to Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall, 1950-51, and to his successor, Secretary Robert A.
Lovett, 1951-52. Subsegently he held the following command positions
in the United States and overseas, from 1952 to 1962:
Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Alaska and 71st
Infantry Division, November 1952-May 1955;
Casanding General, 5th Anti-Aircraft Regional
C , Fort Sheridan, Illinois, June 1955-June
1 ;
Deputy Commander, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command,
Mat Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
June -November 1956;
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Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense Command,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 1956-
December 1959;
Chief of Staff, North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 1957-
December 1959;
Chief of Staff, Eighth U.S. Army Korea, December
1959-February 1961;
Commanding General, V.B. Army Air Defense Center
and Coeamandant, U.B. Army, Air Defense School,
Fort Bliss, Texas, March 1961-March 1962.
From Second Lieutenant, on 11 June 1931, General Carter became
a temporary Brigadier General on 8 April 1947 and a Major General
on 21 December 1955, with date of rank from 1 July 1951. On 2 April
1962 he was confirmed by the Senate in the rank of Lieutenant General.
His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star
Medal, and decorations from the Republic of China and the Netherlands.
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARSHALL SYLVESTER CARTER, U.S. ARMY
Marshall Sylvester Carter, Lieutenant General, United States Army,
became the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 3 April 1962.
On 9 March 1962 the White House announced that President John F.
Kennedy had selected General Carter to be Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence, on the recommendation of Mr. McCone, the Director. On
12 March 1962 the President submitted General Carter's nomination,with
the rank of Lieutenant General, to the United States Senate for
confirmation. After public hearing he was approved by the Senate Armed
Services Committee, on 29 March 1962, and was confirmed by the Senate,
on 2 April 1962. On 3 April 1962 he was sworn into office at CIA
Headquarters.
March 19
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Bliss
1962, as Co:
andant, U.S.
eral Carter had serve
ding
Texas. Prevj,.dusly his military
,ades, ipcluded numerous s
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If and comma positions,
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the ontinental U te-a-Ztatea,._ aii
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China, and En and. In additio he has been n special assi nt at the
Departmen of State and ser d as a member of the U.S. Del gation at
international con e
General Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on 16 September
1909, the son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. C.C. Carter. He was graduated from
the United States Military Academy in 1931, with the Bachelor of Science degree.
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In 1936 he received a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He was graduated in 1940 from
the Coast Artillery School, and in 1950 from the
National War College. He was married on 14 July 1934 to Preot Nichols.
They have one son and two daughters. ?
During World War II General Carter served inA
the War Department General Staff.
In addition, in 1943 he was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Cairo
Conference of the Four Heads of State. From July 1945 to January 1946
he was stationed in the China Theater, first as Deputy G-5 at U.S. Theater
Headquarters, in Chungking, and later as G-5, in Shanghai. He became
Assistant Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War, in Washington,
in January 1946, serving until March 1946.
From March 1946 to March 1949 General Carter served with General
George C. Marshall, first as special representative in Washington in
General Marshall's China Mission and, from January 1947 on, as special
assistant to Secretary of State Marshall. While at the Department of
State he also served on the U.S. Delegations at the following inter-
national conferences: the Council of Foreign Ministers, in Moscow, 1947;
the Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of Peace and Security, in
Rio de Janeiro, 1947; the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New
York City, 1947, and in Paris, 1948; and the Ninth International
Conference of American States, in BogotaA 1948.
From March to July 1949 General Carter was on duty in London
with American Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas, serving as his Deputy for
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Military Assistance Programs for Europe. Concurrently he served
as Deputy Chai,rman of the European Correlation Committee. In these
capacities he held the personal rank of Minister.
After a year on training and command assignments in 1949-50, in
Washington and Japan, General Carter was transferred to the Department
of Defense, where he served as Executive to Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall, 1950-51, and to his successor, Secretary Robert A.
Lovett, 1951-52. Subsequently he held the following command positions
in the United States and overseas, from 1952 to 1962:
Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Alaska and 71st
Infantry Division, November 1952-May 1955;
Commanding General, 5th Anti-Aircraft Regional
Command, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, June 1955-June
1956;
Deputy Commander, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command,
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
June November 1956;
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense Command,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 1956-
December 1959;
Chief of Staff, North American Air Defense Command,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 1957-
December 1959;
Chief of Staff, Eighth U.S. Army Korea, December
1959-February 1961;
Commanding General, U.S. Army Air Defense Center
and Commandant, U.S. Army Air Defense School,
Fort Bliss, Texas, March 1961-March 1962.
From Second Lieutenant, on 11 June 1931, General Carter became
a temporary Brigadier General on 8 April 1947 and a Major General
on 21 December 1955, with date of rank from 1 July 1951. On 2 April
1962 he was confirmed by the Senate in the rank of Lieutenant General.
His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze M dal,
and decorations from the Republic of China and the Netherlands.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES
MAJOR GENE AL MARSHALL S. CARTER, USA
Marshall Sylvester Carter was born at Fortress Monroe,
Virginia, Seiiteniber 10, 1003. I:e was graduated from the U. S.
MMiiitary Academy in 1931 and commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Coast Artillery Corps. Prior to World War II, he served
with various Anti-Aircraft Artillery units in Hawaii, Panama,
and the United States. In addition, he served as an instructor in
the Department of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the
U. S. Military Academy.
In 1042, General Carter was assigned to the Logistics Group,
Operations Division, War Department General Staff. From July
1945 to January 1946 he was Deputy and Assistant Chief of Staff,
G?-5, Headquarters, China Theater, with station in Chungking and
Shanghai. He then became Assistant Executive to the Assistant
Secretary of 'Jar in Washington where he served until April 1946.
At this time, General Carter was appointed Special Represen-
tative in Washington for General of the Army George C. Marshall,
then in China. This position he held until named Special Assistant
to the Secretary of State in January 1947. Two years later, General
Carter became Deputy to the Ambassador for Military Assistance
Programs for Europe with station at the American Embassy in
London. Concurrently, he served as Deputy Chairman, European
Correlation Committee. In these capacities, General Carter held
the personal rank of Minister. In August 1949, he was assigned by
the State Department as a student at the National War College,
graduating in June 1950.
. Following a short tour as Commander of the 138th Anti-Aircraft
Group in Japan, General Carter was recalled to Washington by
General Marshall, to become Director of the Executive Office of the
Secretary of Defense.. General Carter served in this capacity under
General Marshall and his successor, Mr. Lovett, until November
1952 when he became Deputy Commanding General of the US Army in
Alaska with station at. Fort Richardson. Concurrently, in November
1954, when the 71st Infantry Division was activated in' Alaska, he
was appointed, its Deputy Commanding General.
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From June 1055 until June 1956, General Carter was
Conu handing General-of the Fifth Region, Army Anti-Aircraft
Command, with headquarters at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. For
the next five months, he served as Deputy Commanding General
of the Army Anti-Aircraft Command in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, leaving this assignment to become Chief of Staff of the
newly-formed Continental Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force ?
Base, Colorado Springs, in October 1956. When this command
was expanded into the North American Air Defense Command in
September 1957, General Carter also became Chief of Staff of this..:
unified command, the-first- command of this type in the United
States. .
General Carter assumed his present duties as Chief of Staff,
Eighth US Army in December 1959. Upon completion of this
assignn ent in January 1061, he will take command of the Army
Air Defense center and Air Defense School at Fort Bliss,. Texas.
Ile bj _-'erved as a member of the United States Delegation to
the following international conferences:
Conference of, Four Heads of State, Cairo, Egypt, 1943;
Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow, USSR, .1047; Inter-
American Conference for Maintenance of Peace and Security, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, ,1947; Second Session of General Assembly of
United Nations, New York, 1947; Ninth. International Conference of
American. States, Bogota, Colombia, 1948; and the Third Session .
of General. Assembly of United Nations, Paris, France, 1948..
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PERSONAL DATA
Date and Place of Birth - 1G S.eptember 1909, Fortress Monroe,
Virginia
Parents - Father: Brig Gen C. C. Carter, USA, deceased.
Mother: Mrs.- C. C. Carter
The Kennedy-Warren Apartments
3133 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington 8, D. Co
Marriage - Date: 14 July` 1934
Wife: Prot Nichols Carter
Children:, Miss Josephine Stoney Carter, 1411 Mesa
Avenue, Broadmoor, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Cadet Robert Marshall Carter, A-1 Co.,
US Military Academy, West Point, N. Y..
Miss Mary Coleman Carter, 1411 Mesa
Avenue, Broadnoor., Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Official Home Address - 1411 Mesa Avenue, Broadmoor,.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
EDUCATION
US Military Academy
1931 - BS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1936 - MS
The Coast Artillery School, Battery
Officers Course
1940
National.War College
'19.50
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PROMOTIONS
2nd Lt
1st Lt
Captain
Major
Temporary (AUS) Permanent (RA)
'9 Sep 1940
1 Feb 1942
11 June 1931
1 August 1935
11 June 1941
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China
ACofS, 9-5USF/CT Shanghai; China
June 31
Sep 31
Aug 31
.Apr 32
Juno 32. Mar 35
1935 June 36
1936 July 1939
Aug 39 Feb 40
Feb 40 Aug 40
Aug 40 June 41
July 41 Nov 41
.Nov 41 July 42
July 42 July 45
July 45 ? Nov 45
Nov 45 .: Jan 46
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Promotions
Lt Colonel
Colonel
13-rig General
Colonel
Brig General
Major General
Temporary (AUS) Permanent (RA)
14 Oct 1042 1 July 1948
24 July 1044 .
8 April 1047
3 Aug 1949 3 Aug 1953
27 July 1051 15 March 1959.
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(w/DOR 1 July 1951)
CImONOLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments From
Special Liaison Duty with U. S. N. A.
Midshi;uncn's Cruise
Battery Officer, 12th Coast Artillery,
Fort Monroe, Virginia
Battery Officer &a I3a.ttalion Aclj,
6'it.ii CA, (AA), Ft Shaft.er, Honolulu
Graduate Student, MIT (MS Degree)
Instructor, USMA; Dept of Natural
Experimental Philosophy,
West Point, N. Y.
Student Officer, Regular Course,
Artillery School, Ft. Monroe,. Va.
Instructor, Coast. Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Va.
Battery Officer, 73d CA, (AA),
Panama
? Director, Enlisted Specialist: School,
Panama '
Asst. ACofS, G-3, Panama CA.
Command
Staff Officer, O.PD WDGS, Washington,
D.C.
Deputy ACofS,. G-5'USF/CT, Chungking,
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CI1:t?rNIOLCGICALL LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS. (Continued)
Assignments From
CO, 13~,th AAA Group, Japan
Exec to Secretary of Defense
Deputy CG, US Army Alaska and
Aug 50 Oct 50
Nov 50 Nov 52
'list Infantry Division Nov 52 May 55
CG, 5th AA Regional Command, Fort
Sheridan, Illinois June 55 June 56
Deputy Commander, AAA Command,
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
Springs, Colorado June 56
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense
Command, Colorado Springs,
Colorado Nov 56
Chief of Staff. North American Air
Defense Command, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Chief of Staff; Eighth US Army, Korea. .. Dec 59
LIST OF CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS .
Distinguished Service. Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Bronze Star Medal
-Nov 56
Dec. 59
Dec 59
Feb b].
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Special fepresentativo in Washington,
D. C. for Gen. G. C. Marshall
(China Mission) March. 46.. Jan 47
Special Assistant to Secretary of
State Jan 47 . Mar 49
Deputy to American Ambassador to .
Great Britain with rank of.Minister,
and Deputy Chairman, European
Correlation Committee -Mar 49 July 49
Dept of State Student, National War
College Aug 49 . June. 50
Sep 57 .
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LIST Or, CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS (Continued)
Special Breast Order of Yiin Hui (Cloud & Banner, Republic
of China)
Special Breast Order of Yun Hui (2nd award) (Republic of China)
Order of Orange Nassau w/swords, Commander, (Netherlands, .
Governmei
PERSONAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL,
Interests and Hobbies
Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Ice. Hockey and usual participation
sports:
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ADDILN'DI1ti1 ' BIOGRAPHY.OP MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S. CARTER
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGTNSENTS (Cont?d)
Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Defense
Center and Commandant U. S. Army Air Defense
School, Pt. Bliss, Texas
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARSHALL SYLVESTER CARTER, U. S. ARMY
Marshall Sylvester Carter, Lieutenant General, United States Army, became
the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 3 April 1962.
On 9 March 1962 the White House announced that President John F. Kennedy
had selected General Carter to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, on
the recommendation of Mr. McCone, the Director. On 12 March 1962, the Presi-
dent submitted General Carter's nomination, with, the rank of Lieutenant General,
to the United States Senate for confirmation. After public hearing he was ap-
proved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, on 29 March 1962, and was con-
firmed by the Senate on 2 April 1962. On 3 April 1962, he was sworn into office
at CIA Headquarters.
General Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on 16 September 1909,
the son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. C. C. Carter. He was graduated from the United
States Military Academy in 1931, with the Bachelor of Science degree. In 1936
he received a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. He was graduated in 1940 from the Coast Artillery School, and in 1950
from the National War College. He was married on 14 July 1934 to Preot Nichols.
They have one son and two daughters.
During World War II, General Carter served in Panama, in China, and on the
War Department General Staff. In addition, in 1943 he was a member of the U. S.
Delegation to the Cairo Conference of the Four Heads of State. From July 1945
to January 1946 he was stationed in the China Theater, first as Deputy G-5 at
U. S. Theater Headquarters, in Chungking, and later as G-5, in Shanghai. He
became Assistant Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War, in Washington, in
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January 1946, serving until March 1946.
From March 1946 to March 1949 General Carter served with General George C.
Marshall, first as special representative in Washington in General Marshall's
China Mission and, from January 1947 on, as special assistant to Secretary of
State Marshall. While at the Department of State he also served on the U. S.
Delegations at the following international conferences: the Council of Foreign
Ministers, in Moscow, 1947; the Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of
Peace and Security, in Rio de Janeiro, 1947; the General Assembly of the United
Nations, in New York City, 1947, and in Paris, 1948; and the Ninth International
Conference of American States, in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948.
From March to July 1949, General Carter was on duty in London with American
Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas, serving as his Deputy for Military Assistance Pro-
grams for Europe. Concurrently he served as Deputy Chairman of the European
Correlation Committee. In these capacities he held the personal rank of Minister.
After a year on. training and command assignments in 1949-50, in Washington
and Japan, General Carter was transferred to the Department of Defense, where he
served as Executive Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, 1950-51, and to his
successor, Secretary Robert A. Lovett, 1951-52. Subsequently.he held the follow-
ing command positions in the United States and overseas, from 1952 to 1962:
Deputy Commanding General, U. S. Army Alaska, and 71st
Infantry Division, November 1952-Mar, 1955;
Commanding General, 5th Anti-Aircraft Regional Command,
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, June 1955-June 1956;
Deputy Commander, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command, Ent
Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June -
November 1956;
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense Command, Colorado
Springs, Colorado, September 1957-December 1959;
Chief of Staff, Eighth U. S. Army Korea, December 1959 -
February 1961;
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Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Defense Center, and
Commandant, U. S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss,
Texas, March 1961-March 1962.
From Second Lieutenant, on 11 June 1931, General Carter became a tempo-
rary Brigadier General on 8 April 1947 and a Major General on 21 December 1955,
with date of rank from 1 July 1951. On 2 April 1962 he was confirmed by the
Senate in the rank of Lieutenant General. His decorations included the Dis-
tinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit with Oak
Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, and decorations from the Republic of China
and The Netherlands.
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