PROPOSED DCI REMARKS FOR WITHAM F BUCKLEY MEMORIAL 31 AUGUST 1987 AT 1500 HOURS (PREPARED BY CHIEF ME DIVISION)

D89769

PROPOSED DCI REMARKS FOR WITHAM F BUCKLEY MEMORIAL 31 AUGUST 1987 AT 1500 HOURS (PREPARED BY CHIEF ME DIVISION)

English

USA

09/06/1988

DC-Cam, D89769 15/07/2025

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SEVEN MEMBERS OF BILL BUCKLEY'S FAMILY HAVE JOINED US FROM NEW ENGLAND TODAY TO SHARE THE MEMORY OF RILL BUCKLEY BILL WAS THEIR LOVED ONE, AND HE WAS OUR BELOVED COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND. THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH A GREAT DEAL OF ANGUISH AND ANXIETY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AFTER BILL'S 1984 KIDNAPPING, THE CERTAINTY THAT HE WAS BEING BADLY TREATED BY HIS VICIOUS KIDNAPPERS, AND THE LONG MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY OF WHETHER HE HAD DIED BUT I AM C0NFIDENT THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS PR0UD 0F HIS FAMILY FOR BEING STALWART, PATIENT, AND COURAGEOUS IN THIS LONG PERIOD OF GRIEF AS WE ARE PROUD OF BILL'S LONG AND HONORED CAREER WITH CIA. I WANT TO PROMISE THIS FINE FAMILY TODAY THAT WILL NOT FORGET. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT WAYS TO RETURN BILL'S REMAINS TO HIS LOVED ONES AND I WANT TO TELL THE BUCKLEY FAMILY HOW MUCH THEIR COURAGE IS RESPECTED BENEATH THE INSCRIPTION, "IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY," IS CARVED A STAR FOR EACH CIA EMPLOYEE WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE. I APPROVED ON 29 JUNE 1987 A REQUEST TO HAVE A STAR PL ACED ON THE ME MORI AL PLAQUE HONORNG WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY. THIS WILL BE THE 51ST STAR CARVED ON THE WALL AND IS PRECIOUS LITTLE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE NATURE OF HIS SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY.

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