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/1946/08 - August 1946/NIA_Meeting_Minutes_7_Aug_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392285

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NIA_Meeting_Minutes_7_Aug_1946.PDF	364.24 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/NIA_minutes_copy_19_21_Aug_1946.pdf

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392286

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NIA_minutes_copy_19_21_Aug_1946.pdf	830.47 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/NIA_minutes_copy_5_21_Aug_1946.pdf

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922b1

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NIA_minutes_copy_5_21_Aug_1946.pdf	939.48 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Office_of_Dissemination_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liais

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922a7

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Office_of_Dissemination_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liaison_7_Aug_1946.PDF	155.84 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Office_of_Research_and_Eval_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_L

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392283

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Office_of_Research_and_Eval_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liaison_15_Aug_1946.PDF	276.68 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Report_on_Interdepartmental_Coordination_15_Aug_1946.PD

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392284

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Report_on_Interdepartmental_Coordination_15_Aug_1946.PDF	138.23 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Report_to_Fleet_Admiral_Leahy_27_Aug_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839227c

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Report_to_Fleet_Admiral_Leahy_27_Aug_1946.PDF	171.62 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Special_Operations_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liaison_8_

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922a1

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Special_Operations_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liaison_8_Aug_1946.PDF	165.84 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Special_Operation_Memo_on_Liaison_8_Aug_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392287

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Special_Operation_Memo_on_Liaison_8_Aug_1946.PDF	383.8 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Special_Working_fund_21_Aug_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839228b

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Special_Working_fund_21_Aug_1946.PDF	533.7 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/US_Civil_Service_Commission_Letter_on_CIG_Classificatio

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922aa

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US_Civil_Service_Commission_Letter_on_CIG_Classification_14_Aug_1946.PDF	293.8 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/US_Civil_Service_Commission_Letter_on_Classification_Sh

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839228a

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US_Civil_Service_Commission_Letter_on_Classification_Sheets_28_Aug_1946.PDF	474.92 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/08 - August 1946/Western_Hemispheres_Branch_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Li

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839227e

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Western_Hemispheres_Branch_Memo_on_Interdepartmental_Liaison_16_Aug_1946.PDF	154.42 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/Actions_Taken_by_ICAPS_26_Sep_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392221

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Actions_Taken_by_ICAPS_26_Sep_1946.PDF	517.17 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/British_Radio_Equipment_manufactures_17_Sept_1946.PD

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392243

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British_Radio_Equipment_manufactures_17_Sept_1946.PDF	183.59 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/British_request_for_FBIS_material_27_Sep_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392233

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British_request_for_FBIS_material_27_Sep_1946.PDF	128.81 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/CIG_Authorities_6_Sep_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839221f

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CIG_Authorities_6_Sep_1946.PDF	322.45 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/CIG_Directive_No_13_Assignment_to_CIG_of_Static_Inte

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839221d

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CIG_Directive_No_13_Assignment_to_CIG_of_Static_Intelligence_Functions_17_Sep_1946.PDF	600.38 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/CIG_Directive_No_14_War_Plans_for_CIG_19_Sep_1946.PD

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392225

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CIG_Directive_No_14_War_Plans_for_CIG_19_Sep_1946.PDF	355.11 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/CIG_Directive_No_15_Establishment_of_CIG-JCS_Channel

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392222

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CIG_Directive_No_15_Establishment_of_CIG-JCS_Channel_18_Sep_1946.PDF	1.16 MB

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