List of CIA station chiefs

This is a list of CIA station chiefs. The station chief, also called chief of station (COS), is the top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official stationed in a foreign country, equivalent to a KGB Resident. Often the COS has an office in the American Embassy. The station chief is the senior U.S. intelligence representative with his or her respective foreign government.^[1]

Those who have been known to be station chiefs include, in alphabetical order:

• John Banks: c. 2010^[2]
• John D. Bennett: Nairobi c.2002; capitals in Southeast Asia and Africa.^[3][4]
• Cofer Black: Khartoum, Sudan from 1993 to 1995
• Douglas Blaufarb: Vientiane, Laos, 1964-1966^[5][6]
• David Blee: Pretoria; Islamabad; New Delhi 1985.^[7]
• William Buckley: Beirut 1983 to 1985.^[8]
• Jeffrey Castelli: Rome in 2003, indicted for involvement in the Imam rapito affair
• Ray S. Cline: Taipei, 1958–62; Bonn, 1966-69.^[9]
• William Colby: Rome 1953-1958; Saigon, 1960-1962. Head of the Far Eastern Division, 1963-1967; DCI, 1973-1976.^[10][11]
• Charles Cogan: Paris, 1984-1989.
• Peer de Silva: Vienna 1956-59; Seoul 1959-62; Hong Kong 1962-63; Saigon 1963-65; Bangkok 1966-68; Canberra 1971-72.^[12][13]
• Larry Devlin: Congo in 1960 and 1961; Vientiane, Laos^[14]
• Desmond FitzGerald: Manilla 1955 &/or 1956
• Graham Fuller: Kabul
• Robert Fulton: Moscow by 1975 to mid-1977.^[15]
• Burton Gerber: Moscow starting January 1980 to 1982.^[16]
• Robert Grenier: Islamabad 1999 to 2001.^[3]
• Howard Hart: Islamabad, May 1981 to 1984, Tehran 1978, and Germany.
• John L. Hart: Saigon c.1965.^[17]
• Gardner Hathaway: Moscow from mid-1977 to January 1980.^[18]
• Stephen Holmes (aka Steven Hall): Moscow, Russia in 2013, revealed by FSB in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities.^{[19][20][21][22]}
• Robert Jantzen: Bangkok, c.1959 to 1966.^[23]
• Gordon L. Jorgensen: Laos c.1960; Saigon 1966-c.1968.^[24]
• Stephen Kappes: Moscow, New Delhi and Frankfurt^[25]
• Mark Kelton: Islamabad 2010-2011^[2]
• John Lapham: Saigon c.1966.^[26]
• Jennifer Matthews: Khost, 2009, killed in the Camp Chapman attack.^[3] [Chief of Base, not COS]
• Cord Meyer: London 1973-1976.^[27]
• David Murphy: Berlin 1959; Paris 1967.^[28]
• Bill Murray: Paris in 2001 to 2004.^[29]
• William Nelson: Taiwan in 1963
• Birch O'Neill: Guatemala, 1953.
• Eloise Page: First female Chief of Station, 1970s, location not given.^[30]
• James Pavitt: Luxembourg 1983 to 1986.
• David Atlee Phillips: Santo Domingo 1965-1967; Brasília 1970-1972.^[31]
• Henry Pleasants, Bern, Switzerland, 1950 to 1956;^[32] Bonn, Germany, 1956 to 1964^[33]
• Thomas Polgar: Frankfurt, 1949, Saigon, starting in 1972 to 1975^[32][34]
• Jose Rodriguez: Panama, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.^[35]
• Winston M. Scott: London, 1947 to 1950, Mexico City 1956 to 1969
• Theodore Shackley: Laos, 1966 to 1968, Saigon 1968 to 1972
• John Stockwell: Katanga in 1968, Burundi in 1970.
• Gregory Vogel: Kabul^[36]
• Andrew Warren: Algeria in 2007-8,^[37] convicted of rape while in station.^[38]
• Richard Welch: Lima 1972; Athens in 1975,^[39][40] assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N).
• Frank Wisner: London, c.1959; formerly DDP, 1952-[1959].^[41]

Bibliography

• Edward J. Epstein, Deception. the invisible war between the KGB and the CIA (New York: Simon and Schuster 1989).
• David Hoffman, Billion Dollar Spy. A true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal (New York: Doubleday 2015).
• John Prados, William Colby and the CIA. The secret wars of a controversial spymaster (University of Kansas 2003, 2009).
• W. Thomas Smith, Jr., Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency (New York: Facts on File 2003).

See also

• 2010 CIA Station Chief removal in Pakistan

References

1. ↑ Walter Pincus (12 November 2009). "Primacy of CIA station chiefs confirmed, ending interagency row". Washington Post. 
2. 1 2 Miller, Greg. "After presiding over bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan came home suspecting he was poisoned by ISI". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2016. 
3. 1 2 3 "Who was who in the hunt for bin Laden", The Week, April 30, 2013
4. ↑ "Tribute to John D. Bennett", Congressional Record, Volume 159, Number 26, Pages S811-S812, February 25, 2013
5. ↑ http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/6_UNDERCOVER_ARMIES.pdf
6. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/22/douglas-blaufarb/1ef70b2e-1f82-40a3-b870-8dcec9642575/
7. ↑ Hoffman (2015), p. 24.
8. ↑ "William Francis Buckley, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army / Assassinated CIA Station Chief", Arlington National Cemetery Website
9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1
10. ↑ Smith (2003) p.61.
11. ↑ Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 63, 69, 70.
12. ↑ de Silva, Sub Rosa (1978).
13. ↑ Smith (2003), p. 73.
14. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/washington/12devlin.html?_r=0
15. ↑ Hoffman (2015), pp. 26, 33.
16. ↑ Hoffman (2015), pp. 102, 215.
17. ↑ Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 184, 197, 201.
18. ↑ Hoffman (2015), pp. 33, 97, 102.
19. ↑ "Fogle's detention became public because CIA 'crossed the line' - FSB". Voice of Russia, Interfax. 17 May 2013. 
20. ↑ Vladimir Radyuhin (19 May 2013). "Russia reveals CIA head identity". The Hindu. 
21. ↑ "Russia: FSB say CIA crossed "red line" with Fogle". Russia Today. 17 May 2013. 
22. ↑ Matthew M. Aid (18 May 2013). "Russian Online News Agency Prints Name of CIA Station Chief in Moscow, Then Deletes Name". MatthewAid.com. 
23. ↑ Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 97, 170-171, 172.
24. ↑ Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 97, 98, 101; 161, 181.
25. ↑ Mayer, Jane (2009), "The Secret History", The New Yorker, 22 June 2009, pg 54.
26. ↑ Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 197, 201.
27. ↑ Smith (2003), p. 169.
28. ↑ Epstein, Deception (1989), p.62 re Paris.
29. ↑ Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, pp x, 45-46, , ISBN 0307346811, September 8, 2006
30. ↑ "The People of the CIA ... A CIA Trailblazer: Eloise Page", CIA Website
31. ↑ Smith (2003), p. 188.
32. 1 2 James H. Critchfield: Partners at Creation: The Men Behind Postwar Germany's Defense and Intelligence Establishments. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2003. x + 243 pp, ISBN 1-59114-136-2.
33. ↑ Kelly, Bill (2008-11-04). "Felix Leiter = Henry Pleasants". Retrieved 2011-11-29. 
34. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/world/asia/thomas-polgar-cia-officer-dies-at-91-helped-lead-us-evacuation-of-saigon.html?_r=0
35. ↑ Mazzetti, Mark; Shane, Scott (February 20, 2008). "Tape Inquiry: Ex-Spymaster in the Middle.". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-09. serving from Peru to Belize and heading the C.I.A. stations in Panama, the Dominican Republic and Mexico 
36. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/us/politics/deep-support-in-washington-for-cias-drone-missions.html?_r=0
37. ↑ Ross, Brian (2009-01-28). "Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 
38. ↑ Del Wilber, "Ex-CIA station chief sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of Algerian woman", The Washington Post, March 3, 2011
39. ↑ Smith (2003), p. 244.
40. ↑ Shane, Scott (5 August 2002). "Weekly Intelligence Notes #31-02". Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Retrieved 2011-01-09. The third of the Greek terrorists accused of the assassination of CIA Station Chief Richard S. Welch in 1975 has been arrested 
41. ↑ Cf. Smith (2003), p. 245.