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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. He is seen as one of the most important spymasters in CIA history.
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.
8 de feb. de 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...
8 de feb. de 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...
1 de oct. de 2008 · The late Richard M. Bissell, Jr., (1909-1994) was CIA deputy director for plans from 1959 to 1962, president of the Institute for Defense Analyses from 1962 to 1964, and an executive in private industry thereafter.
14 de dic. de 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.
11 de sept. de 1990 · Bissell, Richard M. (Richard Mervin), 1909- (Interviewee) Created / Published. September 11, 1990. Subject Headings. - Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. - Diplomacy. - Foreign relations. - Oral history. - Interviews.
