When Frank Wisner retired in 1958, Allen Dulles chose covert-operations advocate Richard Bissell as his successor over espionage specialist Richard Helms, telling Helms that espionage seemed less important in Washington because it was 'relatively cheap.'
Sources
- Spy vs. Spy: The Bay of Pigs and the Battle for the Soul of the CIA (warontherocks.com)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Career_of_Richard_Helms (military-history.fandom.com)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Wisner (military-history.fandom.com)
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