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December 27, 2008

A Look Back … John Alex McCone Becomes DCI

Filed under: Government Insights — Money Guide @ 5:47 am

December 4, 2008 – In the fall of 1961, following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, John Alex McCone was asked to assume a role of great significance: Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). While serving as the sixth DCI (1961-1965), McCone became known for being the first US government official to predict that the Soviet Union would place offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba.

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