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United States Air Force general
Leonard Harry Perroots, Sr.
,
USAF
(April 24, 1933 ? January 29, 2017) was
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
from October 1985 to December 1988.
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He retired January 1, 1989. In 1989, he was hired by Donald Mayes to become president of Vector Microwave Research Corporation, an enterprise performing tasks and dealings for the
CIA
and the U.S. military.
[3]
While serving as assistant chief of staff for the
U.S. Air Forces in Europe
, he is credited with helping to avert a
nuclear war
with the
Soviet Union
during the
Able Archer 83
war scare.
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Perroots died on January 29, 2017, at the age of 83 following a short illness.
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Awards
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References
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United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (1994).
Oversight Hearings: Department of Defense, POW/MIA Family Issues, and Private Sector Issues : Hearings Before the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, December 1-4, 1992
. U.S. Government Printing Office.
ISBN
9780160433931
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"Biographies: Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots"
. United States Air Force. Archived from
the original
on 10 March 2013
. Retrieved
21 September
2014
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Mintz, John (December 30, 1998).
"U.S. Probes Company's Covert Operations"
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Washington Post
. Retrieved
6 December
2010
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"The 1983 War Scare Declassified and For Real"
.
National Security Archive
. Retrieved
6 December
2015
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Sam Roberts (February 10, 2017).
"Leonard Perroots, General Who Defused Nuclear Crisis With Soviets, Dies at 83"
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The New York Times
. Retrieved
February 19,
2021
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"DIA announces death of former director, Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots, USAF (Retired)"
.
Defense Intelligence Agency
. Retrieved
30 January
2017
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"Valor Awards for Leonard H. Perroots"
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The Wall of Valor Project
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