Richard V. Allen | |
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10th United States National Security Advisor | |
In office January 21, 1981 –January 4, 1982 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Deputy | James W. Nance |
Preceded by | Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Succeeded by | William P. Clark Jr. |
5th United States Deputy National Security Advisor | |
In office 1969 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Francis M. Bator |
Succeeded by | Alexander Haig |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Vincent Allen January 1,1936 Collingswood,New Jersey,US |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BA,MA) |
Richard Vincent Allen (born January 1,1936) [1] is a former United States National Security Advisor serving President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982,having been Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977. He has been a fellow of the Hoover Institution since 1983. [2] He is a past member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.
Allen was born on January 1,1936,in Collingswood,New Jersey. [1] [3] A graduate of Saint Francis Preparatory School in Spring Grove,Pennsylvania,[ citation needed ] Allen received his B.A. and M.A degrees from the University of Notre Dame. [4] His M.A. from Notre Dame is in political science. [2]
From 1962 to 1966,Allen worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. [1] He then joined the Hoover Institution as a senior staff member of from 1966 to 1968,when he left to become foreign policy coordinator to Richard Nixon. He served twice in the Nixon White House. [2] He was then Ronald Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977 to 1980,before being appointed as Reagan's first National Security Advisor. [2]
In July 2000,Allen wrote an article for The New York Times ,detailing his role in the recruitment of George H. W. Bush to be Reagan's vice president. [5]
In November 1981,while serving as Reagan's National Security Advisor,Allen was accused of receiving a bribe from a Japanese journalist for setting up an interview in January 1981 with First Lady Nancy Reagan. In his diary,Ronald Reagan wrote that the Japanese magazine gave cash gifts to people that it interviewed,and that Allen had stepped in to intercept the check to avoid embarrassment for Nancy Reagan,then gave the check to his secretary,who put it in an office safe. When Allen changed offices,the check was found left in the safe. The FBI cleared everyone involved,and then the Justice Department began its own investigation,and the story was leaked to the press.
Reagan believed it political sabotage was behind leaking the story. A classified U.S. government source later revealed that Allen and his Potomac Associates partners were caught soliciting bribes,paid as "consulting fees" from Japanese corporations. Japanese security operations reported the crime to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and requested the U.S. government quietly handle the removal. [6] Although the claims were never proven,Allen was pressured to take a leave of absence. [7] On January 4,1982,he resigned and his position was filled by his deputy,James W. Nance. [1]
In 1981,Allen said that an unidentified third country,possibly Canada,had passed on an offer of 50 Vietnam War POWs in return for $4 billion. In lengthy,closed-door testimony under oath to committee investigators on June 23,1992,he generally confirmed Hanoi's 1981 offer. Allen was asked by a committee staffer,"Soon after taking office,did the Reagan administration become involved in an offer made by the Vietnamese government for the return of live prisoners of war,if you can recall?"
Allen responded,"This $4 billion figure sticks in my mind,and I remember writing something—I don't know whether it was during a meeting with the president or to him—saying that it would be worth the president's going along and let's have the negotiation…"
Then Allen was asked,"Do you recall whether the $4 billion was for live American prisoners? To which he replied,"Yes,I do if it was $4 billion,it was indeed for live prisoners." When asked how many POWs he believed were still being held,he replied,"Dozens,hundreds." He later recanted and no other official has supported the statement in public. [8]
Allen is currently a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution,and a member of The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center Advisory Council,the Council on Foreign Relations,the United States Defense Policy Board,the American Alternative Foundation,and the United States National Security Advisory Group. He also serves on the advisory council of the Nixon Center.
Allen is president of the Richard V. Allen Company,a Washington D.C.-based consulting services firm. He provides consulting services to international companies and organizations. He currently serves on APCO Worldwide's Iraq reconstruction task force and is considered one of the most influential lobbyists in Washington,D.C. for South Korea's interests. [9]
Allen is also a fellow of St Margaret's College,Otago,one of New Zealand's most prestigious residential colleges. [10]
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