FOIA
Creating Global Intelligence
Overview
Discover the back story of the US intelligence community by exploring "Creating Global Intelligence: The Creation of the US Intelligence Community and Lessons for the 21st Century", a collection of declassified documents from the late 1940s to the early 1950s that ultimately led to the establishment of the CIA. This 800+ collection allows history to come to life as well as giving perspectives on the complex issues that senior US Government officials grappled with when considering how to establish an enduring national intelligence capability.
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Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235a
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 Amendments_to_State_Department_plan_copy_a_15_Dec_1945.pdf | 1.23 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392357
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| Interview_with_Otto_Reker_15_Aug_1945.pdf | 1.91 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1945/Letter_from_Donovan_on_establishing_US_central_intelligence_system_longe
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235b
/specialCollection/cgi/1945/Letter_from_Donovan_on_establishing_US_central_intelligence_system_short
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235e
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| Letter_from_Donovan_on_establishing_US_central_intelligence_system_shorter_25_Aug_1945.pdf | 494.91 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392355
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| Letter_from_Secretary_of_Navy_to_Secretary_of_War_13_Oct_1945.pdf | 282.24 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392354
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| Letter_from_Truman_to_Donovan_20_Sep_1945.pdf | 154.68 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392352
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| Letter_from_Truman_to_Donovan_with_precis_20_Sep_1945.pdf | 947.25 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392353
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| Memo_for_Secretary_of_War_on_CIA_21_Dec_1945.pdf | 1.94 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1945/Memo_from_Magruder_on_National_Foreign_Intelligence_Agency_20_Oct_1945.p
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392360
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| Memo_from_Magruder_on_National_Foreign_Intelligence_Agency_20_Oct_1945.pdf | 627.14 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235f
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| Memo_on_delegation_of_authority_12_Oct_1945.pdf | 1.02 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235c
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| Memo_reconvening_War_Department's_Intelligence_Committee_longer_17_Dec_1945.pdf | 2.29 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392351
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| Memo_reconvening_War_Department's_Intelligence_Committee_shorter_17_Dec_1945.pdf | 221.41 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392362
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| Report_of_Lovett_Committee_longer_6_Nov_1945.pdf | 2.09 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392356
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| Report_of_Lovett_Committee_shorter_6_Nov_1945.pdf | 549.06 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1945/Report_to_JCS_on_establishing_central_intelligence_service_24_Jan_1945.p
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839234f
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| Report_to_JCS_on_establishing_central_intelligence_service_24_Jan_1945.pdf | 2.72 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392358
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| State_Department_plan_for_National_Intelligence_Authority_Dec_1945.pdf | 2.01 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839235d
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| Strategic_Services_Unit_report_to_Lovett_Committee_26_Oct_1945.pdf | 1023.59 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392361
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| War_Department_committee_to_study_FI_problems_23_Oct_1945.pdf | 621.45 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392350
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| War_Dept_Reply_to_Request_for_Correspondent_in_Korea_25_Sep_1945.PDF | 2.81 MB |