Cline, Ray S.

Analyst employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, educator, and author. Full name: Ray Steiner Cline. Born 1918; died 1996.

From the description of Ray S. Cline papers, 1945-1994 (bulk 1970-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983352

Author, educator, intelligence analyst. Born in 1918; full name: Ray Steiner Cline.

From the description of Audio materials, 1974-1984 [sound recording]. 1974-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723089

Analyst employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, educator, and author. Born 1918; full name: Ray Steiner Cline; d. 1996.

From the description of Papers, 1970-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937634

Deputy director for intelligence, United States Central Intelligence Agency, 1962-1966.

From the description of Ray S. Cline miscellaneous papers, 1992-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419744

Biographical Note

• 1918, June 4: Born, Anderson Township, Clark Co., Ill.
• 1939: A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1939 - 1940 : Henry Prize Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
• 1941: M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Married Marjorie Wilson
• 1941 - 1942 : Junior fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1942 - 1943 : Cryptanalyst, Department of the Navy
• 1943 - 1946 : Chief, Current Intelligence Branch, Office of Strategic Services
• 1946 - 1949 : Research historian, Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army
• 1949: Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1949 - 1951 : Intelligence analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
• 1951: Published Washington Command Post (Washington: Department of the Army. 413 pp.)
• 1951 - 1953 : Attaché, United States embassy, London, England
• 1954 - 1958 : Intelligence analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
• 1955: Member, United States delegation, Four Power Heads of State Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1958 - 1962 : Director, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
• 1962 - 1966 : Deputy director for intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• 1966 - 1969 : Special advisor, United States embassy, Bonn, Germany
• 1969: Awarded distinguished intelligence medal by Central Intelligence Agency
• 1969 - 1973 : Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department
• 1973: Awarded career intelligence medal by Central Intelligence Agency
• 1973 - 1986 : Director, world power studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• 1974: Appointed adjunct professor of international relations, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• 1975: Published World Power Assessment (Boulder: Westview Press. 173 pp.)
• 1976: Published Secrets, Spies, and Scholars (Washington: Acropolis Books. 294 pp.)
• 1977: Founded National Intelligence Study Center, Washington, D.C. Published World Power Assessment 1977 (Boulder: Westview Press. 206 pp.)
• circa 1978: Director, Committee on the Present Danger, Washington, D.C.
• 1979: Founded Coalition for Asian Peace and Security, Washington, D.C.
• circa 1979: Elected vice president, Committee for a Free China, Washington, D.C. President, SIFT, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• 1980: Published World Power Trends and U.S. Foreign Policy (Boulder: Westview Press. 228 pp.)
• circa 1980: Adjunct professor, Defense Intelligence School, Washington, D.C.
• 1981: Published The CIA Under Reagan, Bush, and Casey (Washington: Acropolis Books. 351 pp.) Republished as The CIA: Reality Versus Myth, 1982
• circa 1982: President, Committee for a Free China, Washington, D.C.
• 1983: Published with Herbert Block The Planetary Product in 1982 (Washington: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University. 31 pp.)
• 1984: Published with Yonah Alexander Terrorism: The Soviet Connection (New York: Crane Russak. 162 pp.)
• circa 1984: Appointed director of advisory council, Interaction Systems, Inc., McLean, Va.
• 1986 - : Chairman, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C.
• 1988: Published Metastrategy (New York: Crane Russak 145 pp.) and Tzereu ot Roosvelta do Reigena (New York: Liberty Publishing House. n.p.)
• 1989: Published Chiang Ching-kuo Remembered: The Man and His Political Legacy (Washington: United States Global Strategy Council. 197 pp.)
• 1992: Published Foreign Policy Failures in China, Cuba, and Nicaragua: A Paradigm (Washington: United States Global Strategy Council. 246 pp.)
• 1993: Published The Power of Nations in the 1990s (Washington: University Press of America. n.p.)
• 1996, Mar. 15: Died, Arlington, Va.

From the guide to the Ray S. Cline Papers, 1945-1994, (bulk 1970-1944), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical/Historical Note

Deputy director for intelligence, United States Central Intelligence Agency, 1962-1966.

From the guide to the Ray S. Cline miscellaneous papers, 1992-1993, (Hoover Institution Archives)