{{Short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} 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 spy|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111210693.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622210424/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-11-13/news/36769415_1_director-leon-e-panetta-michael-v-hayden-cia-director |url-status=live |archive-date=22 June 2013 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |author=Walter Pincus |author-link=Walter Pincus |title=Primacy of CIA station chiefs confirmed, ending interagency row |date=12 November 2009}}</ref>
Those who have been known to be station chiefs include, in alphabetical order:
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name ! Location ! Years ! Notes |- |Frank Anderson |[[Beirut]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Anderson, Former Spy Who Supplied Afghan Insurgents, Dies at 78|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/frank-anderson-dead.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219223013/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/frank-anderson-dead.html|archive-date=February 19, 2020|website=New York Times|date=19 February 2020|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam}}</ref> |until 1994<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Anderson, former CIA spymaster in the Middle East, dies at 77|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-anderson-former-cia-spymaster-in-the-middle-east-dies-at-78/2020/02/20/6fb3c856-53f1-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> |Chief of Near East and South Asia Division<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our nation, CIA 'ran off the tracks'|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article4478239.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214192759/https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article4478239.html|archive-date=December 14, 2014|website=Miami Herald}}</ref> |- | Edgar Applewhite | [[Beirut]] | c. 1959<ref>Thomas (2006), p.187.</ref> | |- | Francis Archibald | [[Islamabad]] | c. 2007 | |- | Daniel C. Arnold | [[Vientiane]] | beginning in May 1973;<ref name="utdallas1">[https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/notebooks/aam75.pdf Eugene McDermott Library] utdallas.edu p.4 {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> | [[Taipei]], assumed in 1968;<ref name="HTLin">{{Citation |title=蔣經國的台灣時代 ：中華民國與冷戰下的台灣 |trans-title=The Chiang Ching-kuo : The Republic of China on Taiwan in the Cold War |author=[[Hsiao-ting Lin]] |isbn=978-986-508-097-6 |publisher=Walkers Cultural Enterprises, Ltd.<!--遠足文化--> |date=2021}}</ref>{{rp|117}} [[Bangkok]], left June 30, 1979<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754077270076;view=2up;seq=264 | title=U.S. Narcotics control efforts in Southeast Asia: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, June 30 and July 15, 1987 | year=1988 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Diplomat's Enemies Play Role |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/05/21/diplomats-enemies-play-role/cfb642d9-df8c-48ee-92f8-4adab5d63b3e/ |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/05/21/diplomats-enemies-play-role/cfb642d9-df8c-48ee-92f8-4adab5d63b3e/}}</ref> |- | Jonathan Bank | [[Islamabad]] | c. 2010<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|title=After presiding over bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan came home suspecting he was poisoned by ISI|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-bin-laden-raids-shadow-bad-blood-and-the-suspected-poisoning-of-a-cia-officer/2016/05/05/ace85354-0c83-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop_b|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> | |- |[[Milton Bearden]] |[[Pakistan]]; [[Nigeria]]; [[Sudan]]; [[Germany]] |c. 1986–1995<ref>{{Cite news|last=Whitney|first=Craig|date=April 14, 1994|title=Doubt Nibbles at C.I.A. Official's Reputation|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/14/us/doubt-nibbles-at-cia-official-s-reputation.html|access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref> | |- | John D. Bennett | [[Islamabad]] | 2008–2009<ref name="theweek" /><ref name="Tribute">[http://beta.congress.gov/congressional-record/2013/02/25/senate-section/article/S811-1 "Tribute to John D. Bennett"], ''[[Congressional Record]]'', Volume 159, Number 26, Pages S811-S812, February 25, 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/islamabad-station-chief-new-cia-spymaster-217416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611003929/https://www.newsweek.com/islamabad-station-chief-new-cia-spymaster-217416|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-06-11|website=[[Newsweek]]|title=From Islamabad Station Chief to New CIA Spymaster }}</ref> | N'Djamena; [[Nairobi]] c. 2002 |- | [[Cofer Black]] | [[Cape Town]] | c. 1985; | [[Khartoum]] [[Sudan]] 1993–1995 |- | Douglas Blaufarb | [[Vientiane, Laos]] | 1964–1966<ref>[http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/6_UNDERCOVER_ARMIES.pdf Undercover armies] CIA.gov</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Douglas Blaufarb |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305115431/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/22/douglas-blaufarb/1ef70b2e-1f82-40a3-b870-8dcec9642575/ |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/22/douglas-blaufarb/1ef70b2e-1f82-40a3-b870-8dcec9642575/}}</ref> | |- | [[David Blee]] | [[Pretoria]]; [[Islamabad]]; [[New Delhi]] | 1965<ref>Hoffman (2015), p. 24.</ref> | |- |[[Janine Brookner]] |[[Kingston, Jamaica]] |1989–1991<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wise|first=David|date=July 21, 1996|title=Spy vs. Spies|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-21-tm-26281-story.html|access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref> | |- | [[William Francis Buckley|William Buckley]] | [[Beirut]] | 1983–1985 | |- | Jim Campbell | [[Venezuela]] | c. 1989<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Chua-Eoan |first=Howard G. |author-link=Howard G. Chua-Eoan |date=June 24, 2001 |title=Confidence Games |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,162752,00.html |magazine=Time |location= |access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref><!-- This article may have originally been published on November 29, 1993 with Shannon Elaine --> | |- | [[Jeffrey Castelli]] | [[Rome]] | 2003 | Indicted for involvement in the [[Imam rapito affair]] |- | [[Ray S. Cline]] | [[Taipei]] | 1958–1962;<ref>McGehee (1983), p.51.</ref><ref name="HTLin"/>{{rp|90, 105}} | Bonn 1966–1969<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 | title=Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, is Dead at 77 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=16 March 1996 | last1=Weiner | first1=Tim }}</ref> |- | [[Charles Cogan]] | [[Paris]] | 1984–1989 | |- | [[William Colby]] | [[Rome]] | 1953–1958 | [[Saigon]] 1960–1962; Head of the Far Eastern Division 1963–1967; [[Director of Central Intelligence|DCI]] 1973–1976<ref>Smith (2003) p.61.</ref><ref>Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 63, 69, 70.</ref> |- | [[Michael D'Andrea]] | [[Cairo]]<ref name="WashPoRoger">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/at-cia-a-convert-to-islam-leads-the-terrorism-hunt/2012/03/23/gIQA2mSqYS_print.html | title=At CIA, a convert to Islam leads the terrorism hunt | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=March 24, 2012 | access-date=November 13, 2012 |first=Greg |last=Miller}}</ref><ref name="Newsweek">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newsweek.com/cia-michael-dandrea-new-york-times-mark-mazzetti-drones-pakistan-al-qaeda-war-475180 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |title=Outing the CIA's 'Undertaker' |first=Nicholas |last=Schou |date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602185005/http://www.newsweek.com/cia-michael-dandrea-new-york-times-mark-mazzetti-drones-pakistan-al-qaeda-war-475180 |archive-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> | c. 2002–2004 | Chief of [[Counter Terrorist Center]] 2006–2015 |- | [[Peer de Silva]] | [[Vienna]] | 1956–1959 | Seoul 1959–1962; [[Hong Kong]] 1962–1963; Saigon 1963–1965; [[Bangkok]] 1966–1968; Canberra 1971–1972<ref>de Silva, ''Sub Rosa'' (1978).</ref><ref>Smith (2003), p. 73.</ref> |- | [[Jack Devine]] | [[London]] | 1995–1998<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tiger21.com/presenter/jack-devine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609032127/https://tiger21.com/presenter/jack-devine/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-06-09|title=Jack Devine - TIGER 21 }}</ref> | Rome c. 1980s,<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last=Pincus |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Pincus |date=October 27, 1994 |title=AMES'S EX-BOSS GIVEN HIGH POST IN CIA CLANDESTINE SERVICES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/10/27/amess-ex-boss-given-high-post-in-cia-clandestine-services/c945c392-92d2-4ed4-aa1c-3116df26ab83/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> Chief of Latin America Division 1992–1994 |- | [[Larry Devlin]] | [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] | 1960-61 | [[Vientiane, Laos]]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/washington/12devlin.html?_r=0 | title=Lawrence R. Devlin, 86, C.I.A. Officer Who Balked on a Congo Plot, is Dead | newspaper=The New York Times | date=12 December 2008 | last1=Shane | first1=Scott }}</ref><ref name="NYT1981"/> |- | [[Jack G. Downing]] | [[Moscow]] | 1986–1989 | [[Beijing]] c. 1991 |- | William Duggan |[[Taipei]] | 1954–1958 |under the title of: Chief of U.S. Naval Auxiliary Communications Center (NACC)<ref name="HTLin"/>{{rp|86, 90}} |- | Wm. H. Dunbar | [[Bangui]] ([[Central African Republic]]) | 1968–1969<ref>Ray, Schapp, Van Meter, Wolf (eds.), ''Dirty Work 2'' (London: Zed 1980).</ref> | |- | Ron Estes | [[Prague]] | 1965–1967<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahn09.com/maymgt/marshcreek/picture/426kyn-68-estes-1112.02.pdf|title=Know your neighbour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611004453/http://ahn09.com/maymgt/marshcreek/picture/426kyn-68-estes-1112.02.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-06-11}}</ref> | [[Madrid]] 1979 |- | [[Joseph F. Fernandez]] | [[Costa Rica]] | 1985–1986 | Indicted (charges were dropped in the [[Iran Contra Scandal]] 1988–1989.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-25-mn-226-story.html</ref> |- | [[Desmond FitzGerald (CIA officer)|Desmond FitzGerald]] | [[Manila]] | 1955–1956<ref>McGehee (1983), p.32.</ref> | |- |Harold P. Ford |[[Taipei]] |1965–1968<ref name="HTLin"/>{{rp|111}} |NACC Taipei reorganized as U.S. Army Technical Group<ref name="HTLin"/>{{rp|111, 117}} |- | David Forden | [[Athens]] | 1984–1986 | |- | [[Graham Fuller]] | [[Kabul]] | c. 1980–1981 | |- | Robert Fulton | [[Moscow]] | 1975–1977<ref>Hoffman (2015), pp. 26, 33.</ref> | |- | [[Clair George]] | [[Athens]] | c. 1976–1979 | |- | Burton Gerber | [[Moscow]] | 1980–1982<ref>Hoffman (2015), pp. 102, 215.</ref> | |- | [[Robert Grenier (CIA)|Robert L. Grenier]] | [[Algiers]] | c. 1990; | [[Islamabad]] 1999–2001<ref name="theweek">[https://theweek.com/article/index/243471/who-was-who-in-the-hunt-for-bin-laden "Who was who in the hunt for bin Laden"], ''[[The Week]]'', April 30, 2013</ref> |- | Jerry "Jay" Gruner | [[Geneva]], then [[Paris]] | 1986–1988, 1989–1993 | |- | [[Howard Hart]] | [[Islamabad]] | 1981–1984 | [[Tehran]] 1978; [[Germany]] |- | John L. Hart | [[Saigon]] | c. 1965,<ref>Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 184, 197, 201.</ref> c. 1966<ref>Mark Moyar, ''Phoenix and the Birds of Prey'' (1997), p.50 [per p.47].</ref> | |- | [[Gina Haspel]] | [[Azerbaijan]] | c. 1996–1998 | London c. 2008–2011, 2014–2017 |- | [[Gardner Hathaway]] | [[Moscow]] | 1977–1980<ref>Hoffman (2015), pp. 33, 97, 102.</ref> | |- |[[Paul B. Henze]] |[[Ankara]]; [[Addis Ababa]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Paul B. Henze, former CIA and national security specialist, dies at 86 |first=Emma |last=Brown |date=June 2, 2011 |accessdate=2023-06-23 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/paul-b-henze-former-cia-and-national-security-specialist-dies-at-86/2011/06/02/AG4mSYHH_story.html}}</ref> |1960s or 1970s | |- | [[Dick Holm]] | [[Paris]] | 1992–1995 | [[Brussels]] 1985–1988
|- | [[Stephen Holmes (CIA)|Stephen Holmes]] (aka Steven Hall) | [[Embassy of the United States in Moscow|Moscow]] | 2013 | Revealed by [[Federal Security Service (Russia)|FSB]] in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities<ref>{{cite news |title=Fogle's detention became public because CIA 'crossed the line' - FSB |date=17 May 2013 |publisher=[[Voice of Russia]], [[Interfax]] |url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_05_17/Fogles-detention-became-public-because-CIA-crossed-the-line-FSB/ |access-date=19 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623002936/http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_05_17/Fogles-detention-became-public-because-CIA-crossed-the-line-FSB/ |archive-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia reveals CIA head identity |date=19 May 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |author=Vladimir Radyuhin |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/russia-reveals-cia-head-identity/article4728961.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matthewaid.com/post/50729041131/russian-online-news-agency-prints-name-of-cia-station |date=18 May 2013 |title=Russian Online News Agency Prints Name of CIA Station Chief in Moscow, Then Deletes Name |author=Matthew M. Aid |publisher=MatthewAid.com}}</ref> |- | Robert Jantzen | [[Bangkok]] | c. 1959–1966<ref>Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 97, 170-171, 172.</ref><ref>Cf., McGehee (1983), pp. 72, 109, 114-115, 117.</ref> | |- | Gordon L. Jorgensen | [[Laos]] | c. 1960 | Saigon 1966–c. 1968<ref>Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 97, 98, 101; 161, 181.</ref> |- | George Kalaris | [[Brazil]] | c. 1972 | |- | Robert Kandra | [[Baghdad]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://xkgroup.org/leadership/robert-kandra/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185912/https://xkgroup.org/leadership/robert-kandra/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-26|title=XK Group | Robert Kandra }}</ref> | c. 2006 | |- | [[Stephen Kappes]] | [[Moscow]] | 1996–1999 | [[New Delhi]]; [[Frankfurt]]<ref>[[Jane Mayer|Mayer, Jane]] (2009), "The Secret History", ''[[The New Yorker]]'', 22 June 2009, pg 54.</ref> |- | Barry Kelly | [[Moscow]] | ca 1977? | Subsequently moved to the Directorate of Science and Technology as head of the [[Office of SIGINT Operations]]. Negotiated a merger of [[NSA]] and CIA covert signals intelligence operations into the [[Special Collection Service]]. |- | [[Mark Kelton]] | [[Islamabad]] | 2010–2011<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> | |- | Paul Kolbe | [[Moscow]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/person/paul-kolbe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613013323/https://www.belfercenter.org/person/paul-kolbe|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-06-13|title=Paul Kolbe | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs }}</ref> | c. 2004–2006 | Chief of Central Eurasian Division 2007–2009;
|- | Andrew Kim | [[Seoul]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/mystery-cia-officer-thrust-into-spotlight-as-korea-summit-looms |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |title=Mystery CIA Officer Thrust Into Spotlight Ahead of Korea Summit |date=June 6, 2018 |first=Nick |last=Wadhams |quote=Kim had spent a career in the agency and retired after working as station chief in Seoul.}}</ref> | | |- | John Lapham | Saigon | c. 1966<ref>Prados (2003, 2009), pp. 197, 201.</ref> | |- | James Lawler | [[Zurich]] | c. 1991–1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vaillancegroup.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526170900/https://www.vaillancegroup.com/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-26|title=About — Vaillance Group}}</ref> | |- | [[Jennifer Matthews]] | [[Khost]] | 2009 | Killed in the [[Camp Chapman attack]]<ref name="theweek" /> (Chief of Base, not COS) |- | Stuart Methven | Kinshasa | 1975<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bHxgFQssc2IC&q=methven&pg=PT369|title=Glitter & Greed: The Secret World of the Diamond Cartel|last=Farrell-Robert|first=Janine|date=2007-04-01|publisher=Red Wheel Weiser|isbn=9781609258801|language=en}}</ref> | |- | Hendrik Van Der Meulen | [[Amman]] | c. 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osmosiscon.com/speakers/hendrik-van-der-meulen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185632/https://www.osmosiscon.com/speakers/hendrik-van-der-meulen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-26|title=Hendrik van der Meulen - OSMOSIS }}</ref> | |- | [[Cord Meyer]] | [[London]] | 1973–1976<ref>Smith (2003), p. 169.</ref> | |- | [[Gerry Meyer]] | | | Baghdad, around August 2003 to January 2004<ref>Joby Warrick (2015), "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS", chapter 9</ref> |- | William Lyle Moseby | C.A.R. (Bangui)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/publicopiniononline/obituary.aspx?n=william-lyle-moseby&pid=146804187| title = William Moseby Obituary (2010) - Wells Valley, PA - Public Opinion| website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> | c. 1980 | |- | Rolf Mowatt-Larssen | [[Moscow]] | c.1994, 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/spotlight-rolf-mowatt-larssen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329153252/https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/spotlight-rolf-mowatt-larssen|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-29|title=Spotlight with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs }}</ref> | |- | [[David Murphy (CIA)|David Murphy]] | [[Berlin]] | 1959 | Paris 1967<ref>Epstein, ''Deception'' (1989), p.62 re Paris.</ref> |- | [[William D. (Bill) Murray|Bill Murray]] | [[Paris]] | 2001–2004<ref name="murray">[[Michael Isikoff]] and [[David Corn]], [https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307346811/centerforcoop-20#reader_0307346811 ''Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War''], pp x, 45-46, {{ISBN|0307346811}}, September 8, 2006</ref> | |- | Herbert W. Natzke | [[Philippines]] | c. 1979<ref name="NYT1981">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/us/former-intelligence-aides-profiting-from-old-ties.html?pagewanted=all |title=FORMER INTELLIGENCE AIDES PROFITING FROM OLD TIES |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Jeff |last=Gerth |date=December 6, 1981}}</ref> | |- | William Nelson | [[Taipei]] | 1962–1965 |<ref name="HTLin"/>{{rp|105, 108}} |- | William Ross Newland III | [[Buenos Aires]] | c. 2000–2001<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jamestown.org/program/the-latin-connection-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526183633/https://jamestown.org/program/the-latin-connection-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-26|title=The Latin Connection - Jamestown}}</ref> | |- | Duyane Norman | [[Brazil]] | 2017<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/americas/cia-officer-exposed-brazil-.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Famericas |title=Dagger, but No Cloak: Brazil's Top Spy Exposes C.I.A. Officer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Simon |last1=Romero |first2=Dom |last2=Phillips |date=June 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2017/06/1894329-government-breaks-protocol-blowing-cover-of-cia-chief-in-brazil.shtml |quote=According to the agenda of general Sérgio Etchegoyen, chief minister of the GSI, which was released on the agency's website on June 9th, Duyane Norman either was or is the "station chief of the CIA in Brasília". |title=Government Breaks Protocol, Blowing Cover of CIA Chief in Brazil |newspaper=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |first1=Rubens |last1=Valente |first2=Patricia |last2=Campos Mello |date=June 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=BrazilPolitics|author=J.A. de Castro Neves|number=876818589629730818|date=19 June 2017|title=Did the Brazilian govt unintentionally out a CIA officer?}}</ref> | |- | [[Birch O'Neal]] | Guatemala | 1953 | |- | Craig P. Osth | [[Rio de Janeiro]] | c. 1999 | Islamabad c. 2013 |- | [[Eloise Page]] | Athens<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/static/0dedc22b754d5e17e9fe2f62edd71116/from-Typist-to-Trailblazer-The-Evolving-View-of-Women-in-the-CIAs-Workforce.pdf From typist to trailblazer. The evolving view of women in the CIA's workforce] CIA</ref> | 1970s <ref name="epage">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090505230042/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/people-of-the-cia-eloise-page.html "The People of the CIA ... A CIA Trailblazer: Eloise Page"], CIA Website</ref> | First female station chief |- | Richard L. Palmer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foer |first=Franklin |author-link=Franklin Foer |date=March 1, 2019 |title=Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America: When the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Washington bet on the global spread of democratic capitalist values—and lost. |work=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/how-kleptocracy-came-to-america/580471/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208004338/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/how-kleptocracy-came-to-america/580471/ |archive-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> | [[Moscow]] | 1992–1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.russianlaw.org/palmer.htm |title=Statement of Richard L. Palmer, President of Cachet International, Inc. on the Infiltration of the Western Financial System by Elements of Russian Organized Crime before the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services on September 21, 1999 |work=American Russian Law Institute |date=21 September 1999 |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-date= 2000-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824094446/http://www.russianlaw.org/palmer.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/8befd940/files/uploaded/richard-palmer.pdf |title=Richard L. Palmer |access-date=10 November 2023 |archive-date= 2024-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922192230/https://irp.cdn-website.com/8befd940/files/uploaded/richard-palmer.pdf}}</ref> | |- | [[James Pavitt]] | [[Luxembourg]] | 1983–1986 | |- | [[David Atlee Phillips]] | [[Santo Domingo]] | 1965–1967 | [[Brasília]] 1970–1972<ref>Smith (2003), p. 188.</ref> |- | [[Henry Pleasants (music critic)|Henry Pleasants]] | [[Bern]] | 1950–1956;<ref name="Critchfield2003">[[James H. Critchfield]] | ''Partners at Creation: The Men Behind Postwar Germany's Defense and Intelligence Establishments''. 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Sano]] | Seoul<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iwp.edu/press-releases/2019/06/19/new-course-on-north-korea-to-be-taught-by-prof-john-sano/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621160851/https://www.iwp.edu/press-releases/2019/06/19/new-course-on-north-korea-to-be-taught-by-prof-john-sano/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-06-21|title=New course on North Korea to be taught by Prof. John Sano | the Institute of World Politics }}</ref> | | Chief of East Asia Division 2004–2005; |- | [[Winston M. 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Welch in 1975 has been arrested |publisher=[[Association of Former Intelligence Officers]] |date=5 August 2002 |access-date=2011-01-09 |last1=Scott |archive-date=2005-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026114223/http://www.afio.com/sections/wins/2002/2002-31.html#Greek_Assassins |url-status=dead }}</ref> assassinated by [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] (17N) |- | Terrence L. 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== References == {{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Station chiefs of the CIA|*]] [[Category:Espionage-related lists|CIA station chiefs]]