Richard Helms

Richard Helms
Artists impression of Richard Helms testifying to congress
Born	Richard McGarrah Helms 1913-03-30 St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Died	2002-10-23 (Age 89) Washington DC
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Williams College
Member of	Association of Former Intelligence Officers, JFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, Office of Strategic Services
United States Ambassador to Iran In office April 5, 1973 - January 1, 1977  Director of Central Intelligence In office June 30, 1966 - February 2, 1973 Deputy Rufus Taylor, Vernon A. Walters Preceded by William Raborn Succeeded by James Schlesinger Covered up a lot of the details of Project MKUltra by ordering extensive destruction of the CIA documents on the matter.  Deputy Director of Central Intelligence In office April 28, 1965 - June 30, 1966 Preceded by Marshall Carter  Deputy Director for Plans In office February 17, 1962 - April 28, 1965 Preceded by Richard M. Bissell  Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Plans In office February 17, 1962 - April 28, 1965 Preceded by Richard M. Bissell

Richard Helms was a US spook who was caught lying to the US congress.

Career

Fletcher Prouty states that Richard Helms was second in command of the CIA's "focal point network" established under Allen Dulles, and that he took control of it after Dulles was fired.

MK-Ultra

Full article: Project MKUltra

As Director of Central Intelligence, Helms was boss of the Technical Services Division, whose Chemical Division was headed up by Sidney Gottlieb. The family of Stanley Glickman took unsuccessful legal action against the CIA in this regard, which was hampered by Helms' 1973 decision to order the complete destruction of all documents regarding the CIA's Project MKUltra.

Helms was found guilty of lying to congress and given a 2 year suspended sentence.

External Resources

• CIA A Life in Intelligence - The Richard Helms Collection

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