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14-Q0000 104-10111-10076] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOR OR MERIT AWARD
Submi t In triel icate 500 HR 20-37)
SECT OH A PERSOHAL DATA
EMP Ser-Mo 2 NAME 0f PERSON RecommendeD (Logt,First Middio) Position Title Grade s0
059090 Christ David Lamar k/AP/ORD/DD/s&q 16 R
Off ice of ^ss / GNMENT 7.Office ExT . (If Station
ORD 3486
X meadquarters Vield (Specify Iocatio0)
Hove address (No . 5t - CTty,576t6,ZTP Codo) 10 KOME PHONE citizemship AND Hov Acquired
6212 Maiden Lane Be thesda Md ., 20034 656-2127 USA Birth
RecommeMdEd Arard IF Retir ING DATE Of RETirEMENT PosthuNous
Intelligence Meda 1 of Merit 30 November 1970 Y{} X 40
5. MaME Of MEXT Of Kin 16. RELaT onship 117. Home ADDREss (No. , St .,Cltv,Stoto,ZIP Code) 10. Home phoi
Wilma M_ Christ Wife 6212 Ma iden Lane Be thesda Md _ 656-2127
Section B RECOMENDATion FOR AWIARD FOR HEROiC Action OR ACCEPTANCE OF HAZARD
19. Vere You An EYewiTNESS To THE ACT Y{$ 40
PERSONNEL IN IMED IATE Vicinity Or WHO ASS|STED in ACT Or SHARED In SAME HAZARD:
20 . FuLL NaNE 21 . ORGN . TitLe 22 . GRADE 23 . OFf IcE Of Kss | GNKEMT
LIST ANY OF THE ABOVE PERSONS GiVEN AN AWARD OR RECOMMENDED For AWARD FoR PARTiciPATInG in ACT:
FULL MANE 25 . Award REcOmMENDEd
COND I T | ONS UNDER WhICH ACT WAS PERFORMED :
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preva iLinG GeogrAPhic conditions AND obstacLES Encountered ReturnTO CIA
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Chief Applied Physics Division
35. COMPONEnT Or staTiOn (Designat ion and [ocation)
Office of Research and Deve lopment
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Direct efforts of 10 professional research and development scientists _
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Nov _ 1950 Nov 1970 X Ye $ mo YE $ 40
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Was act voluntary Dexribo oct was outslanding; and 1f I wos More than normally expeclcd:
Aword _tor_Heroic_Astion_ Or
Acceglance_ef_Hazerd: and position of crolt, crew position of individual od all unusual circumstancet
Exploin, why, ond how. If an aeriol 0r marino operalion describo typo
Indicato results of tho oct: Enclose unclasified citatlon.
Pedermonce: State charocter of service during for which recommendod: (Give complelo descriplion of admin-
Award_tor_Achievement_Service Or if nof covered in Seclion C; include dotes o/ assignment &nd reliel)) What did Ihe Individuol
istralive, technical, Or profossionol dulios and responsibilitio:
to others of like grade and exporience In similar positions Or circumstancos? If
do that merils Iho award? Why was Ihis outstanding when compared
unite What obstacles were encountered orovercomo? Indicato ro
Includo production record: ond assistance rendered by other Pefsons Or appropriate:
Include reference to Fitness Reports, Letters of Commendalion, or Other documentation olready o flo which
sults of achlavoment, tervico, Of performance:
spports this recommendation: Enclosa unelassified citation:
David" L. Christ is recommended for the Intelligence Medal
Mr
of his career of especia meritorious service
of Merit in
recognition
to the missions of CIA_
which has
contributed significantly
Christ joined CIA in November of 1950 as the first research
Mr
electronics engineer in wha t has evolved a5 TSD_ He
and deve lopment
Branch setting high s tandards for himself
crea ted an
AepZiceersysecsecraiced:
His accomplishments included the
and the ReD engineers he
both of which are still
anti-disturbance mine and the time pencil,
tock itens and an IR beacon As a
pioneer in audio surveillance
Agency S recognized very early that the use of sys tems concept
devices
9
be.
in meeting Agency needs As part of his
would be most
productive
efforts led to the establishment of specialized
development program, his
Ba ird Atomic) which in 1953 was the first
contract facilities such as
Agency source of transistorized
equipment.24
1957 _ Mr _ Christ was made Chief of what is now the Audio
In early
of TSD and realizing that a drastic upgrading of
Opera tions Boancheld
technicians was required, began aggressively re-
the caliber ofrfieldgtecaductenengineere
His high standards and
cruiting and
reflected in the fact that the majority of
efforts in this area are
recruited by him_ In' September
TSD Audio mid-management -ersezeeappeebendeat
while on an operation in
1960 , be and two associates were
continued ON attacHED SheeT
vidually) IF Or /G INATOR IS Not Am EYEWiTness or DoES not HAVE PERSONAL KnowLEdGE 0f Tke AGT
ENcLosuRES (List indi
of EyewitNess 0r individuALS HaVing PERsonal KnowleoGE OF The Facts .
or PERFORMANCE _ Attach Affidavits
Proposed citation
48 . TTLE AnD E 0f MAKinG RECOM- 'Date
Recommehdat / On initiatED BY
PGnnu. Ae9ta
MewPdE4?N;
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Director of Research and
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Development
2 NOV
Robert M . Chapman
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RECOMMENDATIONFORWARDED THROUGH_QFFLCAALS COXCERNED FOR THEIR InFORMATiOn
Title AND Signature DATE
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careeR SERVicE
Carl E Duckett, Deputy Director
HEAD 0f_
(Career service 0 f nominee) for Science and Technology
Title AND SiGnaTure date
Carl E_ Duckett, Deputy Director
deputy 0iRector Of caReER Serv icE for Science and Technology
Title amd $ iGhATuRE date
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0 iRector of OpErating COMPONENT Carl E= Duckett, Deputy Director
deputy for Science and Technology
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a denied area . His exemplary conduct and personal courage
during the resulting two and one-half years incarceration
permitted the ma intenance of a very difficult cover situation
and successful extraction of 211 three men .
Upon his return, Mr . Christ joined the Office of Researcb
and Deve lopment soon after its inception assisting in the
definition and establishment of the various divisions Under
his early guidance _ the over-the-horizon radar program deve loped
fina into an opera tional system_ His sensitivity to_ tbe
needs of Agency opera tiona l elements based upon his experience
bis technical expertise and his dedicated desire to broaden
the technological capabilities of the Agency precipitated
his development of a major coordina ted program of accelerated
ReD to provide the clandestine services with a number of new
audio surveillance techniques of which the laser probe is an
exa_ mple and his conception and direction of the Microtechnology
ReD program_ Witbin this program , the success of the micro-
power transistor led to the award of Meda ls of Merit to two
scientists under his supervision _ Other progeny of the micro-
technology concept are three novel intelligence ga thering
systems to function in the air, in space and in the sea
environments one of which is approaching operational sta tus _
Mr Christ has a lso been responsible for pioneering efforts
in the area of Audio Surveillance Countermeasures _ first pro-
posing the application of computers to the problem _
Mr Christ's imaginative leadership and inspiration to
those working with him bis broad scope of interest, his resource-
fulness and philosophical devotion to the cause of the Agency
and the United States have provided this Agency with an individua ]
whose unique efforts and accomplishments over his 20 years
service are worthy of tbis recognition
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