HISTORY STAFF HOLDINGS FOR MISC-18, DONOVAN AND CIA, A HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BY (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2009
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• Publication Date: June 12, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD:
SUBJECT: History Staff holdings for MISC-18, Donovan and CIA,
A History of the Establishment of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency 1975.
1. This history was never published nor listed asa"finished"
history: however, the publication appears as if it were to have
been included in the Historical Series.
2. There are two spiral bound volumes, with illustrations
and a complete table of contents; these two volumes contain 792pps.
3. Attached is a copy of the complete Table of Contents for
easy reference.
Attachments: as stated
NOTE: (this MISC--18 is located in the Conservafile in the vault,
third shelf from the -top).
Distribution:
1--File
l-R. Knapp
1-HS Chrono
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Figures
List of Appendices
Illustrations
Part One: Prewar--The COI Stogy
I. A Question of Paternity
II. The Prewar U.S. Intelligence Services
1. A "National Intelligence Service"
2. The Intelligence Services, 1929-36
3. Spying and Counterintelligence,
1936-39
4. C-2 and ONI on the Eve of War
5. Towards Clandestine Foreign
Intelligence
(4)
(8)
(16)
(20)
(24)
III. Col. William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan
1. A Look Backwards, 1883-1929 (30)
2. Law and National Politics, 1929-37 (35)
3. Foreign Trips and Foreign Affairs,
1935-39 (37)
4. Roosevelt's Emissary, July 1940 (40)
5. Donovan in London (44)
6. Donovan and Stephenson (47)
7. Roosevelt's Emissary A Second Time (50)
IV. Establishment of the Coordinator
o~I- ii:ormation (COIl
1. The First Chance: A Joint
Intelligence Committee (56)
2. The Second. Chance: Inter-Agency
Dissemination of Information (58)
3. The Third Chance: A Coordinator
for a "Twilight Zone" (60)
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4. The IIC: Opposition to a Coordinator (64)
5. Donovan's Adoption of an
Intelligence Role (66)
6. "A Movement... Fostered by
Col. Donovan" (72)
7. A New Intelligence Chief (76)
8. Issuance of the COI Order of
July 11, 1941 (83)
V. The First Six Months
1. Donovan's Task (92)
2. Space, Money, and People (94)
3. British Advice and Assistance (99)
4. Empire-Building (104)
5. Jurisdictional Conflicts (115)
6. Expansion and Consolidation (125)
7. Serving the President (136)
Part Two: Wartime--The OSS Stork
VII. Summer Skirmishes 193
1. The Military Take Over (193)
2. The JPWC Chairman (199)
3. The OSS Director (203)
4. Issues: Control and Guerrillas (207)
5. More Issues: Militarization
and Functions (212)
6. The TORCH Tinderbox (217)
7. The End of Skirmishing (220)
VI. From COI to OSS
1. A New Problem (142)
2. South America Again (144)
3. The Budget Bureau Proposal (147)
4. At the White House (154)
5. The JCS Angle (159)
6. The Donovan-JCS Counter-Proposal (165)
7. Back at the White House (172)
8. A Solution in Sight (180)
9. Wrap-Up (186)
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1. Battle No. 1: Strong vs. Donovan (226)
2. General McNarney's Compromise (234)
3. JCS Endorsement of OSS (239)
4. Battle No. 2: Davis vs. Donovan (246)
5. The Ax Falls (253)
6. The JCS to the Rescue (256)
7. P.S. 1--Another Revision (263)
8. P.S. 2--A Treaty with OWI (266)
IX. Donovan's Plan
1. Wartime Intelligence--Topsy (270)
2. A "Popgun" and Other Plans (277)
3. Genesis of Donovan's Plan (283)
4. Lobbying at the White House (290)
5. Donovan's Plan--Fat in the Fire (292)
X. U the JCS Ladder--Almos: 300
1. Two New Plans (300)
2. Stalemate in the JIS (305)
3. Debate in the JIC (310)
4. The JIC Compromise (321)
5. Up to the JSSC (327)
6. But Not to the JCS--Sabotage (332)
XI. OSS on the Offensive and Defensive
1. Another Attempt (340)
2. The New President (345)
3. Rebuffed (350)
4. Now What? (355)
5. Assaulted Again (363)
XII. The Abolition of OSS
1. A Last-Ditch Effort (375)
2. Revival of JCS-1181/1 (382)
3. Budget Bureau Moves on OSS (387)
4. A Pentagon Plan (390)
5. A Rescue Attempt (394)
6. Finis (396)
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Part Three : Postwar-The CIA Stogy
XIII.
A Question of Leade
K
sh
_
.
1. State's Guide
of the Budg
: The Bur
et
eau
(402)
2. State Takes t
he Lead
(407)
3. Pressure from
the Penta
gon
(415)
4. The Military
Take the L
ead.
(425)
XIV.
Truman's NIA and CIG
1. State Gets a
Plan
(432)
2. Deadlock, Rev
ision, and
Deadlock
(437)
3. The President
'l'akes Ove
r
(447)
4. A New Peaceti
me Intelli
gence System
(455)
XV.
Progress and Problems
1. The Souers Ad
ministrati
on
(469)
2. Vandenberg's
Transforma
tion of CIG
(479)
3. Legislative R
outes
(487)
4. "The Presiden
t's Bill"
(497)
XVI.
The Establishment of CIA
1. Easy Going in
the Senat
e
(506)
2. Worries and F
ears in Ho
use Hearings
(518)
3. Out of Committ
ee at Las
t
(531)
4. Debate, Passag
e, Signat
ure
(534)
5. Paternity Reco
nsidered
(546)
XVI I . E ip logue ; Twent) -Iii ht Years Later
Appendices
Footnotes
Bibliography
Index
Author's Note
The Index to this history is being prepared by the author. He
hopes to have it available for distribution by March 15,,1976. At
that time it can be incorporated in Volume two in its appropriate
place (p. 764), and the work of doing so will be done by Printing
and Photography Division. Anyone wishing this done to his copy is
asked to call. the author , and he will happily make the
tt?1saty arrangements.
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