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/Undated/L-M/Memo_on_liaison_with_Far_Eastern_Commission_undated.pdf

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/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/L-M/Memo_on_liaison_with_War_Department_undated.pdf

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Memo_on_liaison_with_War_Department_undated.pdf	468.92 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/L-M/Memo_on_proposed_legislation_for_CIG_undated.pdf

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/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/L-M/Memo_to_George_Kennan_on_Dulles-Jackson-Correa_Committee_date_ill

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Memo_to_George_Kennan_on_Dulles-Jackson-Correa_Committee_date_illegible.pdf	1.05 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/L-M/Monitioring_Foreign_Press_-_Undated.PDF

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Monitioring_Foreign_Press_-_Undated.PDF	735.63 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/National_CIG_Organization_Chart_Undated.PDF

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392381

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National_CIG_Organization_Chart_Undated.PDF	172.53 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/National_Security_Act_of_1947_undated.pdf

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392383

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National_Security_Act_of_1947_undated.pdf	377.29 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/NIA_6_Coordinating_the_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Press_-_Undated

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NIA_6_Coordinating_the_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Press_-_Undated.PDF	159.52 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/NIA_Authority_-_Undated.PDF

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NIA_Authority_-_Undated.PDF	151.85 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Notes_for_Roundtable_Discussion_on_Coordinating_Agency_Activi

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Notes_for_Roundtable_Discussion_on_Coordinating_Agency_Activities_-_undated.PDF	572.01 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Office_of_Special_Operation_Routing_Slip_Undated.PDF

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Office_of_Special_Operation_Routing_Slip_Undated.PDF	101.41 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Organizational_chart_showing_POTUS_NSC_DOD_and_NSRB_undated.p

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Organizational_chart_showing_POTUS_NSC_DOD_and_NSRB_undated.pdf	275.56 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Outlines_of_Titles_II_III_&_IV_plus_hand-written_comments

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Outlines_of_Titles_II_III_&_IV_plus_hand-written_comments_undated.pdf	198.7 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Paragraph_mentioning_DCI's_authority_to_hire_and_fire_un

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392382

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Paragraph_mentioning_DCI's_authority_to_hire_and_fire_undated.pdf	166.83 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/N-O-P-Q/Proposed_Legislation_for_CIG_Undated.PDF

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Proposed_Legislation_for_CIG_Undated.PDF	356.38 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z/Remarks_to_Congress_Undated.PDF

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d839238f

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Remarks_to_Congress_Undated.PDF	1.79 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z/Statement_before_SASC_Admiral_Swanson_undated.PDF

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392390

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Statement_before_SASC_Admiral_Swanson_undated.PDF	234.49 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z/Statement_of_Vandegrift_to_SASC_on_National_Defense

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Statement_of_Vandegrift_to_SASC_on_National_Defense_Act_undated.pdf	365.25 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z/Unspecified_table_of_contents_undated.pdf

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Unspecified_table_of_contents_undated.pdf	332.9 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/Undated/R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z/War_Secretary_Comments_on_NIA_Directive_No_5_Undate

Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392392

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War_Secretary_Comments_on_NIA_Directive_No_5_Undated.PDF	67.46 KB

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