Richard Helms
Richard Helms
Richard Helms was born on March 30, 1913, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a distinguished American diplomat and intelligence officer, best known for his long service in the CIA, ultimately serving as its Director from 1966 to 1973. Helms played a significant role in shaping U.S. intelligence during the Cold War era, contributing to numerous key operations and policy decisions.
Richard Helms Books
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"A Look Over My Shoulder begins with President Nixon's attempt to embroil the Central Intelligence Agency, of which Richard Helms was then the director, in the Watergate cover-up. Helms then recalls his education in Switzerland and Germany and at Williams College; his early career as a foreign correspondent in Berlin, during which he once lunched with Hitler; and his return to newspaper work in the United States. Helms served on the German desk at OSS headquarters in London; subsequently, he was assigned to Allen Dulles's Berlin office in postwar Germany." "A Look Over My Shoulder focuses on subjects such as intelligence collection, covert action, the uses and misuses of intelligence, and the problems secret intelligence encounters in an open society."--Jacket.