Difference between revisions of "Richard M. Bissell"

Richard M. Bissell
Richard M. Bissell ; (spook);
Born	September 18, 1909; Hartford, Connecticut
Died	February 7, 1994 (Age 84)
Member of	JFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, The Georgetown Set
	Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
In office
	September 1961 - February 1962
	Co-director with Joseph V. Charyk
	CIA/Deputy Director for Plans
In office
	1 January 1959 - 17 February 1962
Preceded by	Frank Wisner
Succeeded by	Richard Helms

Revision as of 13:14, 28 December 2018

Richard Bissell was a US spook.

Richard Bissell studied history at Yale University, and was tapped, but declined membership in Skull and Bones, although his brother William joined.

Frank Wisner persuaded him to join the Central Intelligence Agency. Bissel became a senior CIA officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

Title	Document type	Publication date	Description
1968 Bissell Meeting	speech	1968	Spook meeting discussing the inner workings of the CIA

Event	Start	End	Description
Colloquium on Counterintelligence	24 April 1980	26 April 1980	Spooky 1980 Washington conference
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy	9 November 1984	10 November 1984	A spooky conference in November 1984

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-He studied history at [[Yale University]], and was tapped, but declined membership in [[Skull and Bones]], although his brother William joined.
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+'''Richard Bissell''' was a [[US]] [[spook]].
+==Bckground==
+Richard Bissell studied history at [[Yale University]], and was tapped, but declined membership in [[Skull and Bones]], although his brother [[William Bissell|William]] joined.
-==CIA career==
+==Career==
-[[Frank Wisner]] persuaded him to join the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].
+[[Frank Wisner]] persuaded him to join the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Bissel became a senior CIA officer responsible for major projects such as the [[U-2 spy plane]] and the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].
-Bissel became a senior CIA officer responsible for major projects such as the [[U-2 spy plane]] and the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].
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