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DCI Public Image Discussion

United States · Politics / Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1963

John A. McCone7 December 1963

Washington · Politics / Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

McCone told Johnson that portraying the DCI chiefly as a covert operator impaired his broader intelligence role; Johnson agreed that the public image should change.

Names involved

John A. McCone

Provenance

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