"The Secretary" is the unseen character who is Oscar Goldman's direct superior. He is therefore the head of the executive branch department to which the OSI belongs. Goldman frequently updates or takes orders from this Cabinet-level official telphonically throughout the runs of both The Six Million Dollar Man or The Bionic Woman. Although usually identified simply as "The Secretary", he is in fact the US Secretary of State. (Winning Is Everything, Jaime and the King) The Secretary (or "Mr. Secretary" as he is invariably called by Goldman) is first referenced in the third Six Million Dollar Man TV Movie, The Solid Gold Kidnapping.