Director of Central Intelligence, wears two hats: Director of Central Intelligence and Chairman of the United States Intelligence Board; 1965 appointed by LBJ as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence under Admiral Raborn; June 1966 made Director; not involved in policy making; Fulbright letter and the ruckus McCarthy made; February 1967, the National Student Association problem; Pueblo Mission; Tuesday lunches in 1967; halt of bombing in Vietnam; 3/31 speech; Six Day War; Kosygin on hot line; LBJ’s decision to send Sixth Fleet to Eastern Mediterranean.
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Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 3, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-helmsr-19690404-1-75-4