Richard M. Bissell Jr
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Richard M. Bissell Jr (spook) | |
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Born | September 18, 1909 Hartford, Connecticut |
Died | 1994-02-07 |
Richard Bissell (1909-1994) was the CIA's Deputy Director For Plans from 1959 to 1964.[1]
According to the Independent, Bissell was "the central covert operations man in the Central Intelligence Agency for the central period of the cold war":
- Not the most well-known nor the highest-ranking official, Bissell was the man who planned and gave the orders for such low points in American cold-war dirty tricks as the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba, the disastrous invasion of Cuba and the numerous (failed) attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro.[2]
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External Resources
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References
- ↑ Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.
- ↑ Phillip Frazer, Obituary: Richard Bissell, Independent, 3 March 1994.