The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Captain George M. Clifford, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from July 1960 to June 1962 as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters North American Air Defense Command. Captain Clifford conceived and developed many policies and procedures which contributed significantly to the successful accomplishment of the intelligence mission of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). His capacity for organization and management has resulted in NORAD intelligence being recognized in both Canada and the United States as an outstanding organization. Keenly aware of the aerospace threat to North America, he quickly took effective action to establish the necessary requirements to carry out the NORAD intelligence mission.