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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/specialCollection/cgi/1946/07 - July 1946/NIA_5_Coordinating_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Pubs_1_Jul_1946
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839232e
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 NIA_5_Coordinating_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Pubs_1_Jul_1946.PDF | 1.45 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839231f
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| NIA_5_function_of_director_8_jul_1946.PDF | 858.14 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/07 - July 1946/NIA_6_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Publications__26_Jul_1946.PD
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392327
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| NIA_6_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Publications__26_Jul_1946.PDF | 263.7 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392311
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| NIA_Directive_No_5_8_Jul_1946.PDF | 1006.28 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392328
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| NIA_Directive_No_6_26_Jul_1946.PDF | 443.19 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/07 - July 1946/NIA_Letter_to_Treasury_Requesting_Transfer_of_Funds_30_Ju
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839231e
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| NIA_Letter_to_Treasury_Requesting_Transfer_of_Funds_30_Jul_1946.PDF | 272.16 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/07 - July 1946/Note_from_Mr_Edgar_on_Centralization_of_Foreign_reporting
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392309
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| Note_from_Mr_Edgar_on_Centralization_of_Foreign_reporting_23_Jul_1946.PDF | 298.21 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/07 - July 1946/Request_to_Treasury_for_Central_Intelligence_Funding_7_Ju
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392320
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| Request_to_Treasury_for_Central_Intelligence_Funding_7_Jul_1946.PDF | 295.4 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392310
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_15_Jul_1946.PDF | 1.09 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392332
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_19_Jul_1946.PDF | 558.32 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392323
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_1_Jul_1946.PDF | 612.22 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392318
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_8_Jul_1946.PDF | 851.18 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392321
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| Vandenberg_to_Donovan_16_Jul_1946.pdf | 139.92 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392315
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| Vandenberg_to_Hoover_Letter_3_Jul_1946.PDF | 278.09 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392308
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| White_House_Memo_to_Gen._Vanderberg_12_July_1946.PDF | 883.63 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Admiral_Leahy_Transfer_of_Foreign_Intell_Branch_Resourc
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922a9
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| Admiral_Leahy_Transfer_of_Foreign_Intell_Branch_Resources_to_CIG_21_Aug_1946.PDF | 299.16 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Care_and_Custody_of_Classification_Sheets_28_Aug_1946.P
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392280
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| Care_and_Custody_of_Classification_Sheets_28_Aug_1946.PDF | 464.87 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/CIG_12-1_Exploitation_of_American_Business_Concerns_21_
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392299
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| CIG_12-1_Exploitation_of_American_Business_Concerns_21_Aug_1946.PDF | 1.33 MB |