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: 50dde103993247d4d839223a
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 Liaison_between_ONI_and_ORE_5_Sept_1946.PDF | 111.09 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/List_of_Contacts_on_Collection_Issues_27_Sep_1946.PD
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392223
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| List_of_Contacts_on_Collection_Issues_27_Sep_1946.PDF | 600.05 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392248
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| Memo_for_the_President_18_Sep_1946.PDF | 310.2 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839222b
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| Memo_on_Life_Magazine_Article_26_Sep_1946.PDF | 258.01 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392237
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| Memo_to_Wright_on_FBIS_and_BBC_13_Sep_1946.PDF | 452.67 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392241
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| NIA_Meeting_Minutes_25_Sep_1946.PDF | 651.99 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839223d
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| NIA_Meeting_Minutes_25_Sep_1946_a.PDF | 559.72 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/09 - September 1946/Procedures_for_Securing_COG_Message_Traffic_19_Sep_1
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392226
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| Procedures_for_Securing_COG_Message_Traffic_19_Sep_1946.PDF | 406.92 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392231
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| Status_of_NIA_and_IAB_Papers_23_Sep_1946.PDF | 439.68 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392229
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| War_Dept_Letter_on_Working_Funds_19_Sep_1946.PDF | 285.82 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392247
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| Washington_Document_Center_23_Sep_1946.PDF | 239.47 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839222d
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| William_Donovan_Remarks_3_Sep_1946.PDF | 1.07 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Allotment_of_Military_Personnel_to_Washington_Document
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921ee
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| Allotment_of_Military_Personnel_to_Washington_Document_Center_25_Oct_1946.PDF | 216.75 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839220f
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| Biographical_Intelligence_25_Oct_1946.PDF | 834.56 KB |