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/1947/01 - January 1947/Memo_to_Sherman_on_draft_of_National_Defense_Act_23_Ja
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392132
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 Memo_to_Sherman_on_draft_of_National_Defense_Act_23_Jan_1947.pdf | 258.34 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839215b
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| NIA_7_Coordination_Collection_2_Jan_1947.PDF | 339.59 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/01 - January 1947/NIA_Directive_No_7_Coordination_of_Collection_Activiti
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392135
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| NIA_Directive_No_7_Coordination_of_Collection_Activities_2_Jan_1947.PDF | 465.93 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392155
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| NYT_Texts_of_Merger_Letters_and_Order_17_Jan_1947.pdf | 290.67 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392156
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| Organizational_chart_National_Security_Act_1947.PDF | 219.04 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/01 - January 1947/President_to_Murphy_-_extract_of_letter_27_Jan_1947.pd
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392147
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| President_to_Murphy_-_extract_of_letter_27_Jan_1947.pdf | 187.28 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392144
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| Proposed_CIG_legislation_17_Jan_1947.PDF | 528.5 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392150
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| Receipt_Copies_for_NIA_Directive_No_7_20_Jan_1947.PDF | 1.82 MB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839213f
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| Vandenberg_Testimony_SASC_1947.PDF | 819.37 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Availability_of_Captured_Japanese_Technology_to_Ameri
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a5
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| Availability_of_Captured_Japanese_Technology_to_American_Industry_10_Feb_1947.PDF | 812.44 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d839209f
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| CIG-State_Relations_14_Feb_1947.PDF | 223.99 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Draft_letter_from_Truman_on_National_Security_Act_26_
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d839209c
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| Draft_letter_from_Truman_on_National_Security_Act_26_Feb_1947.pdf | 499.59 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Establishment_of_Special_Reports_Division_in_FBIS_14_
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a0
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| Establishment_of_Special_Reports_Division_in_FBIS_14_Feb_1947.PDF | 1.11 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Letter_from_reserve_officers_association_13_Feb_1947.
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a7
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| Letter_from_reserve_officers_association_13_Feb_1947.pdf | 545.88 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Memo_for_Edgar_regarding_establishment_of_CIA_19_Feb_
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392098
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| Memo_for_Edgar_regarding_establishment_of_CIA_19_Feb_1947.pdf | 433.85 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Memo_from_Office_of_CNO_to_DCI_on_enabling_legislatio
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d839209d
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| Memo_from_Office_of_CNO_to_DCI_on_enabling_legislation_for_CIG_21_Feb_1947.pdf | 429.76 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a9
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| NIA_Directive_No_8_12_Feb_1947.pdf | 471.97 KB |