16 February 1962
Deputy Directorate for Research Notice
CIA issued the headquarters notice establishing the Deputy Directorate for Research, placing important technical collection programs within the new organization.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Langley in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
CIA issued the headquarters notice establishing the Deputy Directorate for Research, placing important technical collection programs within the new organization.
McCone appointed Herbert Scoville to lead the new Deputy Directorate for Research and concentrate CIA's emerging scientific and technical work.
McCone reviewed an Inspector General examination of how raw intelligence on the Soviet buildup had been handled before the missiles were photographed.
McCone received a CIA review describing the reconnaissance gap over central Cuba and the caution that had limited U-2 coverage before 14 October.
CIA initiated the Purcell Panel to advise McCone on the future course of the National Reconnaissance Program and advanced technical collection.
CIA established a Research and Development Review Board to coordinate scientific and technical programs across Agency components during McCone's reorganization.
Herbert Scoville left the research directorate, prompting McCone to reorganize CIA's science and technology structure and seek new leadership.
McCone created the Directorate of Science and Technology and selected Albert Wheelon to lead the expanded organization for technical intelligence and research.
McCone directed creation of the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center to strengthen independent CIA assessment of foreign missile and space capabilities.
CIA counterintelligence liaison logged an FBI submission describing Oswald's New Orleans political activity and the Hidell identity used in FPCC material.
The FBI report on Oswald's New Orleans FPCC activity reached a CIA counterintelligence special-investigations office on the day Kennedy was assassinated.
McCone approved an unusual advisory role for Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn within CIA counterintelligence as officers investigated possible hostile penetration of the Agency.
CIA counterintelligence reviewed Oswald's prior Soviet defection, Mexico City contacts, and Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity during post-assassination inquiries.
Hunt asked Deputy CIA Director Robert Cushman for alias identification and physical disguise materials for what he described as a sensitive White House mission.
Delivers unscripted remarks at CIA headquarters focusing on media coverage and crowd size.
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