This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain."Proposed Remarks by William H. Webster Director of Central Intelligence at the Retirement Dinner for Brigadier General Richard S. Beyea Jr. (USAF) Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club Washington, D.C. February 27, 1988" (PDF).
وقرب نهاية مهنته العسكرية، مُنح ريتشارد وسام السيف المرموق في عام 1987، وهو أعلى تكريم يحصل عليه الضباط غير المفوضين  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain."Proposed Remarks by William H. Webster Director of Central Intelligence at the Retirement Dinner for Brigadier General Richard S. Beyea Jr. (USAF) Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club Washington, D.C. February 27, 1988" (PDF).