Since the situation in the Far East was so politically charged, and decisions regarding the deployment of U.S. military forces had to be made, the discrepancies brought out by my findings had to be handled carefully. Allen Dulles took care of that. At the NSC, the decision was made to deploy the special assets. My findings were confirmed. And my career was established.
Life is full of little ironies.
I was promoted and selected to become the Agency representative at a major military command headquarters. The Chief of Intelligence there, an Air Force general, asked me to prepare political situation background briefings for their weekly General Staff Meeting. So I queried my headquarters in Washington, and was told to go ahead, using finished intelligence provided to me by cable. Among other things, I became a Political Briefing Officer. When I returned to Washington, I was given the opportunity to change from a specialist to a generalist based on my briefing experience.