Person
John McCone
Director of Central Intelligence from November 1961 to April 1965.
- Dates
- 1902–1991
- Also known as
- John A. McCone
- Wikidata
- Q973836
- Life 1902–1991
- head of Central Intelligence Agency (Director of Central Intelligence) Nov 1961 – Apr 1965
Connections 7
head of
- Central Intelligence Agency Nov 1961 – Apr 1965 Director of Central Intelligence Primary record 12
worked at
- Central Intelligence Agency 1970 consultant to the Agency in 1970, the staff chronology says Primary record 3
intervened in
- Chile’s presidential election, 1970 Jul 1970 telephoned CIA Director Helms in July 1970; on 9 September took Geneen’s $1 million offer to Kissinger and Helms and received no response Primary record 3
board member of
- International Telephone and Telegraph 1970 Primary record 3
involved in
- What the Warren Commission was not told With Helms, assured the Commission that Oswald had no tie to the CIA; the House committee says it then dropped the matter Primary record 4
- What the Warren Commission was not told Had “a place in a ‘benign cover-up’” in Robarge’s words, limited to keeping the Castro plots and Cuba operations off the Commission’s agenda According to David Robarge Primary record 5
appears in
- Death of a President: DCI John McCone and the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Subject Primary record 5
Timeline 5 dates
- 1902–1991 John McCone
- Nov 1961 – Apr 1965 John McCone head of Central Intelligence Agency
- 1970 John McCone worked at Central Intelligence Agency
- 1970 John McCone board member of International Telephone and Telegraph
- Jul 1970 John McCone intervened in Chile’s presidential election, 1970
Proof 5 sources
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Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders: Interim Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Senate Report 94-465), U.S. Senate, 1975.
Primary record
Archived copy
McCone was DCI from November 1961 to April 1965.
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Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies, U.S. Senate, 1976.
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Archived copy
November 29-John McCone succeeds Allen Dulles as Director, CIA.
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Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973: Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, U.S. Senate, 18 Dec 1975.
Primary record
Archived copy
John McCone, former CIA Director and, at the time, a consultant to the Agency and a Directorof ITT
John McCone telephoned CIA Director Richard Helms.
McCone does not receive a responsefrom either man.
John McCone, a former CIA Director and a member of ITT's Board of Directors in 1970
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Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations, U.S. House of Representatives: Part I, Section C (findings and the investigation of possible conspirators), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1979.
Primary record
McCone's testimony was corroborated by Deputy Director Richard M. Helms.
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Death of a President: DCI John McCone and the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Studies in Intelligence, 2013.
Primary record
McCone did have a place in a "benign cover-up,"
the only one that existed was the conspiracy to kill Castro and then keep that effort secret after November 22nd.
DCI John McCone and the Assassination
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