30-11-2012, 10:41 PM
Hey there Jim...
FINALLY getting a chance to start reading your book and right off the bat I have a question I couldn't find an answer to....
What is the story behind why Eisenhower even PICKED Allen for the DCI job?
Was there pressure exerted from all the boys he helped along the way?
(if in your book just say so and I will go find it - a page reference would be nice tho... )
thanks Jim
DJ
Wiki:
Under Secretary of StateOn 11 January 1953, Eisenhower, now president-elect, announced that Smith would become Under Secretary of State. Smith's appointment was confirmed by the United States Senate on 6 February and he resigned as DCI three days later.[SUP][[/SUP]
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/fea...s-dci.html
A Look Back ... Allen Dulles Becomes DCI
President Dwight Eisenhower called on Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence (DDCI) Allen Dulles to lead the United States' intelligence effort during the darkest times of the Cold War. At the time, it seemed impossible to outsmart the Soviet Union. The Soviets caught our spies and were very careful about protecting their secrets. The Iron Curtain seemed impenetrable. During DCI Dulles' tenure, intelligence advancements were made that helped draw back the curtain.
From Spymaster Hero to DCI
During World War II, Dulles joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and served as the OSS chief in Bern, Switzerland. From that key neutral outpost, Dulles collected important intelligence from German sources and negotiated an early surrender of German forces in Italy. OSS Director William Donovan made sure these accomplishments made it into the American press, and Dulles became famous in America as a spymaster and wartime cloak-and-dagger hero.
After the war ended in 1945, Dulles returned to his law practice but was consulted about the creation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 1948, Dulles was asked to chair an early reform study of the organization. DCI Walter Bedell Smith brought Dulles in to oversee operations in 1951 and then made him his deputy director a few months later. When the newly inaugurated Eisenhower made Dulles DCI on February 26, 1953, it seemed to fulfill his destiny.
FINALLY getting a chance to start reading your book and right off the bat I have a question I couldn't find an answer to....
What is the story behind why Eisenhower even PICKED Allen for the DCI job?
Was there pressure exerted from all the boys he helped along the way?
(if in your book just say so and I will go find it - a page reference would be nice tho... )
thanks Jim
DJ
Wiki:
Under Secretary of StateOn 11 January 1953, Eisenhower, now president-elect, announced that Smith would become Under Secretary of State. Smith's appointment was confirmed by the United States Senate on 6 February and he resigned as DCI three days later.[SUP][[/SUP]
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/fea...s-dci.html
A Look Back ... Allen Dulles Becomes DCI
President Dwight Eisenhower called on Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence (DDCI) Allen Dulles to lead the United States' intelligence effort during the darkest times of the Cold War. At the time, it seemed impossible to outsmart the Soviet Union. The Soviets caught our spies and were very careful about protecting their secrets. The Iron Curtain seemed impenetrable. During DCI Dulles' tenure, intelligence advancements were made that helped draw back the curtain.
From Spymaster Hero to DCI
During World War II, Dulles joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and served as the OSS chief in Bern, Switzerland. From that key neutral outpost, Dulles collected important intelligence from German sources and negotiated an early surrender of German forces in Italy. OSS Director William Donovan made sure these accomplishments made it into the American press, and Dulles became famous in America as a spymaster and wartime cloak-and-dagger hero.
After the war ended in 1945, Dulles returned to his law practice but was consulted about the creation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 1948, Dulles was asked to chair an early reform study of the organization. DCI Walter Bedell Smith brought Dulles in to oversee operations in 1951 and then made him his deputy director a few months later. When the newly inaugurated Eisenhower made Dulles DCI on February 26, 1953, it seemed to fulfill his destiny.