Leon Panetta Succeeds Ted Sorenson as DCI

[Charles Drago]

Oops.

Never mind.

[Dawn Meredith]

Oops.

Never mind.

But maybe this time he'll STAY.

Dawn

[Paul Rigby]

Oops.

Never mind.

Not forgetting...

Fowler Hamilton and the Dulles Succession

Helen Fuller. Year of Trial: Kennedy’s Crucial Decisions (NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962), p. 271: “A New York lawyer, Fowler Hamilton, with considerable experience behind him, had been brought to Washington and installed at the CIA with the general expectation that he would succeed Allen Dulles…”

Special to the New York Times, “Lawyer Favored for Dulles Post,” NYT, 31 July 1961, p.1 [659 words]

AP, "Retirement of CIA Chief Announced," Washington Post, (Tuesday), 1 August 1961, p.A2: Salinger yesterday announced retirement of Allen Dulles, claiming retirement in November 1961 had been Dulles' intention when accepted JFK's offer to stay on. Salinger declined to answer questions concerning Fowler Hamilton. Hamilton, according to forthcoming issue of Newsweek (August 7), due to succeed Dulles in October "after several months of working with Dulles".

Tom Wicker, “Fowler Hamilton Gets New Post,” NYT, 21 September 1961, p.1 [759 words]