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Word: daggerish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...While past experience has shown that speculating on Johnson's appointments can be risky, official Washington is doing a lot of guessing. Among those being talked about: Richard Helms, 52, the CIA's deputy director for plans, the man responsible for the agency's cloak-and-daggerish activities; Ray Cline, 47, deputy director for intelligence, in charge of the CIA's overt intelligence operations such as analyzing foreign news and quizzing returning overseas travelers; Navy Secretary Paul Nitze; Lieut. General Joseph Carroll, director of the Defense Department's intelligence agency; Assistant Secretary of State William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: The Search for Someone to Fill the Cloak | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

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