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Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. (September 18, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Richard M. Bissell Jr. During the Truman administration served as economic adviser to the director of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945-46, dep. director, 1946; exec. secretary of the President's Committee on Foreign Aid (Harriman Committee), 1947-48; asst. administrator for program, E.C.A., 1948-51; and acting administrator, Sept.-Dec. 1951.
Feb 8, 1994 · Richard M. Bissell Jr., the senior Government official who took responsibility for the Central Intelligence Agency's failed attempt to topple the Castro Government at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in...
Feb 8, 1994 · Richard M. Bissell Jr., 84, the former chief of clandestine operations of the Central Intelligence Agency who planned and directed the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Fidel Castro's Cuba in April...
Richard M. Bissell, Jr. Whoever chose the title called it Reflections, and Bissell is indeed reflective. But he is only rarely introspective, except about the Bay of Pigs. We do learn at the end that he considered his career opportunistic: I had no grand plan for advancing myself or any offices to which I particularly aspired.
Dr. Bissell, along with Dr. Charyk, served as co-director of the NRO from September 1961 to February 1962. He established streamlined practices for aerial and satellite reconnaissance and developed strategies for peacetime surveillance of denied areas.
Sep 11, 1990 · Title. Interview with Richard M. Bissell Jr. Contributor Names. Spector, Melbourne L. (Interviewer) Bissell, Richard M. (Richard Mervin), 1909- (Interviewee) Created / Published. September 11, 1990. Subject Headings. - Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
RICHARD M. BISSELL JR. PAPERS ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS SERIES. 1954 - 1994; 2 Boxes. for oral history interviews. Repositories of historical materials sought his remembrances of both events and individuals tied to significant government actions of which he was a part or into which he had insight during his varie.
Jan 1, 1996 · Richard M. Bissell, Jr., the most important CIA spymaster in history, singlehandedly led America's intelligence service from the age of Mata Hari into the space age. Under his guidance the U-2...
Dec 14, 2010 · Richard M. Bissell, Jr., the most important CIA spymaster in history, single-handedly led America's intelligence service from the age of Mata Hari into the space age. Under his guidance the U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 "Blackbird," and the Corona spy satellite were developed, and the agency rose to the pinnacle of its power.
