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[[Ray Cline]] (1918-1996) was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.<ref name="IndieObit">Godfrey Hodgson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-cline-1342845.html Obituary: Ray Cline], Independent, 19 March 1996.</ref> 
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==Background==
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Cline was born in Anderson Township, Illinois, in 1918. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received a Harvard scholarship in 1935.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==OSS==
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Cline served in the OSS during World War Two.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==CIA==
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Cline joined the [[CIA]] in 1949.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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As chief of the agency's staff on the Sino-Soviet bloc from 1953 to 1957, he predicted the Sino-Soviet split.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He served as station chief in Taiwan from 1958 to 1962, under the official title of chief, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He was the [[CIA]]'s Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.<ref name="IndieObit">Godfrey Hodgson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-cline-1342845.html Obituary: Ray Cline], Independent, 19 March 1996.</ref>
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He was chief of station in Bonn from 1966 to 1969.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==State Department==
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Mr. Cline left the C.I.A. in 1969 and served as the State Department's chief of intelligence analysis.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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He gave up Government work in 1973, becoming an executive director of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] at Georgetown University.<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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In retirement, he served as head of the [[Taiwan Committee for a Free China]].<ref name="NYTObit">Tim Weiner, [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77], ''New York Times'', 16 March 1996.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
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*[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]
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*[[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]], Founder Member
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*[[United States Global Strategy Council]] - founder and chair.
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*1988 International advisory board [[Political Communication and Persuasion]]
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===Conferences===
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*1979 [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]]
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*1979 [[Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates]]
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*1980 [[Colloquium on Counterintelligence]]
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*1987 [[Colloquium on Intelligence Requirements for the 1990s]]
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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*[[Ray Cline, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry]]
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==External Resources==
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*History Commons [http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=ray_cline Ray Cline]
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*Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Cline,+Ray Cline Ray Steiner]
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*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ray_Cline Ray Cline]
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*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2011/ms011008.pdf Ray S. Cline Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress] Prepared by Bradley E. Gernand with the assistance of Lisa Madison and Jennifer Barbour. Revised and expanded by Bradley E. Gernand. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2011.
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*Spartacus International [http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKclineR.htm Ray S. Cline].
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==Notes==
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*[[Ray Cline, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry]]
 
 
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[[Category:CIA|Cline, Ray]]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 11 November 2014

Ray Cline (1918-1996) was the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.[1]

Background

Cline was born in Anderson Township, Illinois, in 1918. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received a Harvard scholarship in 1935.[2]

OSS

Cline served in the OSS during World War Two.[2]

CIA

Cline joined the CIA in 1949.[2]

As chief of the agency's staff on the Sino-Soviet bloc from 1953 to 1957, he predicted the Sino-Soviet split.[2]

He served as station chief in Taiwan from 1958 to 1962, under the official title of chief, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center.[2]

He was the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence from 1962 to 1966.[1]

He was chief of station in Bonn from 1966 to 1969.[2]

State Department

Mr. Cline left the C.I.A. in 1969 and served as the State Department's chief of intelligence analysis.[2]

He gave up Government work in 1973, becoming an executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University.[2]

In retirement, he served as head of the Taiwan Committee for a Free China.[2]

Affiliations

Conferences

Resources

External Resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Godfrey Hodgson, Obituary: Ray Cline, Independent, 19 March 1996.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Tim Weiner, Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77, New York Times, 16 March 1996.