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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

attendediantico

1.

Mr. David

S. Morales is hereby reconmended 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.

Mr. Morales spent more than twenty years in the field in several

different installations in the areas of Europe, Latin America and East

He held senior level positions engaged in FI, CI, CA and PM opera-

record includes such items as participation in key roles in

both of Latin AmeriCatet in Pas two major PM/political action operations

Laos (supervised 45 employees); and,

Regional Officer in Charge, Wha Trang, 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 King 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, Washington Base, where he was targeted on Latin American

(military officers assigned to the Inter-American Defense Board and attendirg

the Inter-Anerican Defense College This assignment was initiated by Latin

America Division in an effort to gefyat the rich operational potential

afforded by the presence in the Washington arealof 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

prove act to there an at so

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 competed his final year with CIA. He served IDY

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 Panamaland in the Cuban Operations

Group, where his contribution was also very large.

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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 neaxly 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 professional clandestine

operator and unfailing in the pursuit of Agency objectives. His performance

was of the highest caliber and unquestionably contributed significantly

to the

Agency's mission.

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CITATION

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 adaptability

he parformed 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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