American government intelligence official

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Ray S. Cline

<p><b>Ray Steiner Cline</b> (June 4, 1918 – March 16, 1996) was an official at the <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a> <a href="/en/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency" class="wl">Central Intelligence Agency</a> and is best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the <a href="/en/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis" class="wl">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Ray S. Cline, Assistant Secretary of State fo...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Ray S. Cline</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg/220px-1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="562" data-file-type="bitmap" height="155" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg/330px-1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg/440px-1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg 2x" alt="1973_U.S._Intelligence_Board_usib800.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">At 1973 U.S. Intelligence Board, 4th from left</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/en/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Intelligence_and_Research" title="Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research" class="wl">Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>October 26, 1969<span>&nbsp;</span>–<span> </span>November 24, 1973</td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"></style></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon" class="wl">Richard Nixon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">United States Secretary of State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/William_P._Rogers" title="William P. Rogers" class="wl">William P. Rogers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Thomas_L._Hughes" title="Thomas L. Hughes" class="wl">Thomas L. Hughes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/William_G._Hyland" title="William G. Hyland" class="wl">William G. Hyland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ray Steiner Cline</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1918-06-04</span>)</span>June 4, 1918<br><a href="/en/Anderson_Township,_Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Anderson Township, Clark County, Illinois" class="wl">Anderson Township, Clark County, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 16, 1996<span style="display:none">(1996-03-16)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>77)<br><a href="/en/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia" class="wl">Arlington County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause<span>&nbsp;</span>of<span>&nbsp;</span>death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Alzheimer's_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease" class="wl">Alzheimer's disease</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Majorie Wilson m. 1941-1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Judith Fontaine, Sibyl W. MacKenzie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Stefan_Halper" title="Stefan Halper" class="wl">Stefan Halper</a> (former son-in-law)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater" class="wl">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University" class="wl">Harvard University</a> A.B. 1939; Ph.D. 1949
            <a href="/en/Balliol_College" title="Balliol College" class="mw-redirect wl">Balliol College</a>, <a href="/en/Oxford_University" title="Oxford University" class="mw-redirect wl">Oxford University</a> 1939-40<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FindingAid_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-FindingAid-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Chief CIA Analyst</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right; font-size: 95%"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>


Ray Steiner Cline was an official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency and is best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 