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|description=A former [[CIA Deputy Director for Plans]] who suddenly died of a [[heart attack]] before he could testify to the [[HSCA]]. | |description=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 a senior [[spook]]. | + | '''Thomas H. Karamessines''' was a senior [[spook]] who in 1973 resigned as [[CIA/Deputy Director for Plans]] to protest the sacking of [[Richard Helms]]. He died in 1978, officially pf a "[[heart attack]]". |
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'''[[Thomas H. Karamessines]]''' was the [[CIA]] [[CIA/Deputy Director for Plans]] from 31 July 1967 to 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> | '''[[Thomas H. Karamessines]]''' was the [[CIA]] [[CIA/Deputy Director for Plans]] from 31 July 1967 to 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> | ||
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"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> | "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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| 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 a senior spook who in 1973 resigned as CIA/Deputy Director for Plans to protest the sacking of Richard Helms. He died in 1978, officially pf a "heart attack".
Career
He worked as a deputy assistant attorney general, under Thomas Dewey.[1]
Thomas H. Karamessines was the CIA CIA/Deputy Director for Plans from 31 July 1967 to 27 February 1973.[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
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkaramessines.htm
- ↑ 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
