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: 50dde104993247d4d83922f0
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 Receipt_of_NIA_Directive_4_9_Apr_1946.pdf | 233.01 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922c8
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| Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directive_No_3_30_Apr_1946.PDF | 708.39 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922cf
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| Secretary_of_NIA_Note_to_DCI_2_Apr_1946.PDF | 55.34 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/State_Department_response_to_questions_of_atomic_materia
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922eb
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| State_Department_response_to_questions_of_atomic_material_9_Apr_1946.PDF | 522.56 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922cd
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| State_Dept_Intelligence_Appropriation_8_Apr_1946.PDF | 276.86 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e5
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_15_Apr_1946.PDF | 727.22 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922d6
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_22_Apr_1946.PDF | 775.05 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e0
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| Status_of_CIG_Projects_29_Apr_1946.PDF | 724.98 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922fc
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| Admiral_Nimitz_Statement_to_House_of_Reps_15_May_1946.PDF | 265.53 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922f5
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| Central_Planning_Staff_10_May_1946.PDF | 139.7 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922f6
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| CIG_7-1_Clearance_of_CIG_Personnel_8_May_1946.PDF | 814.44 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922ff
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| CIG_9_Acquisition_of_Foreign_Publications_31_May_1946.PDF | 1.14 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922f8
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| CIG_Direcetive_No_10_Index_of_US_Residents'_Foreign_Intelligence_Information_31_May_1946.PDF | 627.81 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/05 - May 1946/CIG_Directive_7-1_Policy_on_Clearance_of_CIG_Personnel_8_M
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392304
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| CIG_Directive_7-1_Policy_on_Clearance_of_CIG_Personnel_8_May_1946.PDF | 606.94 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/05 - May 1946/CIG_Directive_No_1-2_Monitoring_Press_and_Propaganda_of_Fo
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392300
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| CIG_Directive_No_1-2_Monitoring_Press_and_Propaganda_of_Foreign_Powers_8_May_1946.PDF | 185.52 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/05 - May 1946/CIG_Directive_No_2_Monitoring_Press_and_Propaganda_Broadca
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392301
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| CIG_Directive_No_2_Monitoring_Press_and_Propaganda_Broadcasts_5_May_1946.PDF | 295.65 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/05 - May 1946/CIG_Directive_No_8_Clearance_of_CIG_Personnel_9_May_1946.P
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d8392303
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| CIG_Directive_No_8_Clearance_of_CIG_Personnel_9_May_1946.PDF | 1.07 MB |