Charles Tracy Barnes was a senior staff member at the United States" Central Intelligence Agency, serving as principal manager of Central Intelligence Agency operations in the 1954 Guatemalan coup d"état and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Background
Tracy was born in Manhasset, Long Island, New York to parents Courtlandt Dixon Barnes (June 13, 1881 in Stonington, Connecticut - ?) and Katherine Lansing Barney (February 6, 1885 in New York City - ?), siblings were Courtlandt Dixon Barnes, Junior. (December 26, 1907 - 1997) and Katharine Lansing Barnes (February 27, 1909 - ?).
Education
He was educated at Groton School and Yale University, where he became a member of the Scroll and Key secret society. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1937.
Career
During World World War II he served first with United States Air Force intelligence, then with the Office of Strategic Services. He was awarded France"s Croix de guerre and the United States Silver Star. After the war, he returned to legal practice.
In 1950 he went to Washington to serve as special assistant to Under Secretary of the Army, Archibald South. Alexander.
He also served as deputy director of the Psychological Strategy Board during the Korean War. In 1951 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1953, he was appointed Special Assistant for Paramilitary Psychological Operations, under Frank Wisner, and was the principal case officer in the Central Intelligence Agency operation leading up to the 1954 Guatemalan coup d"état.
From 1954 to 1956, he was appointed Chief Of Station(COS) in Germany. From 1957 to 1959, he was appointed Chief Of Station(COS) in United Kingdom.
In 1960, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, under Richard M. Bissell, Junior., with direct responsibility for the Central Intelligence Agency operation leading to the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961.
In 1962, he was made head of the Central Intelligence Agency"s Domestic Operations Division. In July 1966 new Central Intelligence Agency Director Richard Helms had Desmond Fitzgerald fire Barnes from the Central Intelligence Agency. In June 1970, Tracy Barnes suffered a serious stroke. His recovery was slow and on 18 February 1972, he had a heart attack and died at his home at Saunderstown, Rhode Island.