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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Documents in this Collection

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_12_Apr_1951.PDF796.59 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_23_Apr_1951.PDF670.54 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_26_Apr_1951.PDF557.48 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_5_Apr_1951.PDF426.93 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_Apr_2_1951.PDF539.49 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_10_May_1951.PDF598.81 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_17_May_1951.PDF322.33 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_18_May_1951.PDF692.95 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_3_May_1951.PDF459.19 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_14_Jun_1951.PDF486.07 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_19_Jul_1951.PDF912.79 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_26_Jul_1951.PDF447.5 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_30_Jul_1951.PDF292.99 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_5_Jul_1951.PDF580.87 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_13_Aug_1951.PDF383.11 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_16_Aug_1951.PDF597.41 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_23_Aug_1951.PDF623.54 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_30_Aug_1951.PDF531.12 KB

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PDF icon IAC_Minutes_9_Aug_1951.PDF695.78 KB

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