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+ | |ON_death_cause=heart attack | ||
+ | |image=Thomas Karamessines.jpg | ||
+ | |description=A former [[CIA Deputy Director for Plans]] who suddenly died of a [[heart attack]] before he could testify to the [[HSCA]]. | ||
|alma_mater=Columbia University | |alma_mater=Columbia University | ||
− | |constitutes=spook | + | |constitutes=spook, JFK/Assassination/Premature death, HSCA/Premature death |
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+ | |employment={{job | ||
+ | |title=CIA/Deputy Director for Plans | ||
+ | |start=31 July 1967 | ||
+ | |end=27 February 1973 | ||
+ | |next=2 March 1973 | ||
+ | |description=Resigned to protest the sacking of [[Richard Helms]]}} | ||
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− | + | '''Thomas H. Karamessines''' was the [[CIA]] [[CIA/Deputy Director for Plans]] from 31 July 1967 until 27 February 1973<ref>William H. Webster, [http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1991_hr/s910911-cia.htm Chronology of CIA's Senior Management Structure], CIA, 2 July 1991, archived at Federation of American Scientists.</ref> when he resigned to protest the sacking of [[Richard Helms]]. He died in 1978, officially of a "[[heart attack]]", before he could testify to the [[HSCA]]. | |
− | '''Thomas H. Karamessines''' was a | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He worked as a deputy assistant attorney general, under [[Thomas Dewey]].<ref>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm</ref> | He worked as a deputy assistant attorney general, under [[Thomas Dewey]].<ref>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm</ref> | ||
− | + | ==Death== | |
+ | "Thomas Karamessines was expected to be questioned by the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]]. However, he died of an apparent [[heart attack]] on 4th September, 1978, at his vacation home in Grand Lake, Quebec, before he could give evidence before the HSCA."<ref name=spartacus>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Born | 1917 | |||||||||||||||
Died | 4 September 1978 (Age 61) | |||||||||||||||
Cause of death | "heart attack" | |||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Columbia University | |||||||||||||||
A former CIA Deputy Director for Plans who suddenly died of a heart attack before he could testify to the HSCA.
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Thomas H. Karamessines was the CIA CIA/Deputy Director for Plans from 31 July 1967 until 27 February 1973[1] when he resigned to protest the sacking of Richard Helms. He died in 1978, officially of a "heart attack", before he could testify to the HSCA.
Career
He worked as a deputy assistant attorney general, under Thomas Dewey.[2]
Death
"Thomas Karamessines was expected to be questioned by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. However, he died of an apparent heart attack on 4th September, 1978, at his vacation home in Grand Lake, Quebec, before he could give evidence before the HSCA."[3]
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References
- ↑ William H. Webster, Chronology of CIA's Senior Management Structure, CIA, 2 July 1991, archived at Federation of American Scientists.
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm