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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Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839226b
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PDF icon CIG_4_28_Mar_1946.PDF507.55 KB

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392268
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PDF icon CIG_5_5_Mar_1946.PDF285.81 KB

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392269
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PDF icon FBIS_18_Mar_1946.PDF1.92 MB

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