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1: Mr _ David S _ Morales is hereby recommended for the Intelligence
Medal of Merit for his twenty-five years of dedicated service with the
Central Intelligenoe Agency .
2 _ Prior to his entrance on duty with the Central Intelligence
Agency in March 1951, Mr _ Morales served from April 1946 to March 1951
in the United States Army .
3 _ Mr Morales spent more than twenty years in the field in several
different installations in the areas of Europe, Latin America and East
Asia _ He held senior level positions engaged in FI, CI, CA and PM opera-
tions . His record includes such items as participation in roles in
both of Latin Amesi Rivision" S two major PM/political action operations
tours as (Base
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in Pakse Laos (supervised 45 employees) ; and
Regional Officer in Charge, @ha #rang]
Vietnam (supervised 60 employees) _
These assignments were carried out in war zones requiring considerable
personal courage _
4 _ Mr Morales was commended twice by Chiefs of Station while
assigned to the Cuban operation; by the Director of Central Intelligence
for service in the Dominican Republic] during the crisis; by the of
Laos during his assignment in Laos and by the Government of Vietnam for
his service in that country.
5 , Upon his return from Vietnam in 1971 Mr _ Morales was assigned to
FR Division, (ashington Base] where he was targeted on Latin American
military officers assigned to the Inter-American Defense Board and
attending
the Inter-American Defense College] This assignment was initiated by Latin
America Division in an effort to at the rich operational potential
afforded by the presence[in the
Waehiigtoh
area of numerous Latin American
officials _ Mr _ Morales with his long years of experience in Latin America,
and his native fluency in Spanish, proved ideal for this assignment_ He
developed numerous assets who were later pursued successfully and recruited
in the field and he made several significant recruitments of his own -
6 _ Following the FR assignment Mr Morales returned to the Latin
America Division where he his final year with CIA_ He served TDY
as Acting Chief of Station,
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Station than had been seen in years This is typical of Mr Morales
resourcefulness . imagination and push to get the job done . The remainder
of his Agency time was spent on a TDY to Panama in the Cuban Operations
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7 _ During his Agency career Mr Morales was constantly engaged in
an exceptionally wide variety of activity in hazardous areas (Guatamala
Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Laos and Vietnam) He recruited countless
assets and sources ,directed against a wide range of targets. In addition,
he managed large installations and sizeable groups _ He always shouldered
heavy responsibilities and consistently demonstrated that he had the
capacity, determination and necessary judgment to take on such jobs _
8 _ After nearly thirty years of dedicated and productive service
with the US Government , Mr Morales retired on 31 July 1975. Throughout
his long career he was a dedicated skillful and essional clandestine
operator and unfailing in the pursuit of Agency objectives _ His perforance
was of the highest caliber and unquestionably contributed significantly
to the Agency S mission .
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Mr David S , Morales
is hereby awarded the
Intelligence Medal of Merit
for his accomplishments during his career with the Central Intelligence
Agency . Mr _ Morales during his entire Agency career, displayed
exceptional talent, considerable imagination and initiative, and intense
devotion to duty. With determination, resourcefulness and tability
he performed all assignments in an extremely competent manner _ His many
achievements, often under hazardous conditions, reflect great credit on
him and the Central Intelligence Agency .
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