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Article: Retired CIA Veteran Chosen To Head Clandestine Activities
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- The Washington Post
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- December 9, 1987
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CIA Director William H. Webster yesterday announced that he has
picked Richard F. Stolz, a retired 31-year agency veteran, to return
to the agency to run its clandestine activities as deputy director
for operations (DDO).
One former top CIA official described the choice as a "brilliant
appointment" that would help to restore the agency's credibility
after the Iran-contra affair.
Stolz, 62, whose work has been in the clandestine operations, was
in line to get the DDO job six years ago but balked and retired when
then-CIA Director William J. Casey told him he would have to share
the post with Max Hugel, according to a former colleague. Hugel, a
businessman and political aide to Casey in the ...