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Revision as of 11:34, 2 March 2018

Person.png Richard Helms   Powerbase Sourcewatch SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Richard Helms.jpg
Artists impression of Richard Helms testifying to congress
BornRichard McGarrah Helms
1913-03-30
St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Died2002-10-23 (Age 89)
Washington DC
NationalityUnited States
Alma materWilliams College
Member ofAssociation of Former Intelligence Officers, JFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, Office of Strategic Services

Employment.png United States Ambassador to Iran

In office
April 5, 1973 - January 1, 1977

Employment.png Director of Central Intelligence

In office
June 30, 1966 - February 2, 1973
DeputyRufus Taylor, Vernon A. Walters
Preceded byWilliam Raborn
Succeeded byJames R. Schlesinger
Covered up a lot of the details of Project MKUltra by ordering extensive destruction of the CIA documents on the matter.

Employment.png Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

In office
April 28, 1965 - June 30, 1966
Preceded byMarshall Carter

Employment.png Deputy Director for Plans

In office
February 17, 1962 - April 28, 1965
Preceded byRichard M. Bissell

Employment.png Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Plans

In office
February 17, 1962 - April 28, 1965
Preceded byRichard M. Bissell

Richard Helms was a US spook who was caught lying to the US congress.[1]

Career

Fletcher Prouty states that Richard Helms was second in command of the CIA's "focal point network" established under Allen Dulles, and that he took control of it after Dulles was fired.[2]

MK-Ultra

Full article: Project MKUltra

As Director of Central Intelligence, Helms was boss of the Technical Services Division, whose Chemical Division was headed up by Sidney Gottlieb. The family of Stanley Glickman took unsuccessful legal action against the CIA in this regard,[3] which was hampered by Helms' 1973 decision to order the complete destruction of all documents regarding the CIA's Project MKUltra.

Helms was found guilty of lying to congress and given a 2 year suspended sentence.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ a b http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKexecutiveA.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/740
  3. ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2011/06/02/us-government-experiments-on-americans-lsd-and-mkultra/
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