LETTER TO MISS ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS FROM STANLEY J. CROGAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100020006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 5, 1952
• Content Type: LETTER

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STAT
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Dear Miss t- ;*: ^hrey
r, Decerroe r 1952
e ral ~ alter Fedel.l. Zmith, Director of Central TnteIl
I MS 5LSke? ne to reply to yo=ur letter of 1 'December 1952 and
you the tf'ollowint~ information.
'doe s
ive
1. Copy of Uie ; atior:al ecurity i'.ct of 1 a7, which estabii:3i ed CtA
2. Central Cntelligence Ai,ency Act of 19L9, which rave the Agency
certain t a,1c Ei ird.nistrative authorities.
On 22 January, 19. 146 ,he President issuewi a directive which estab-
li ^ed tlv= '~'ationg1 Intelligence Authority, !:cnsistirtg of tee Secretaries
of Stale,ar, end .N:avy, and the persortal reiresertatLve of tile ~lrosicient.
This directive also required the secretaries above named to desi rmate
Persons f om their respectiv'c departtn its who collectively formed the
Central. Tntxl.. l.,,ence Croup under the direction of th ; rector of
central "nt~=ll.l-.,e -.fence. The Liz F ctor of Central tnt :ilittence w
responsible to the National intelligence Aut -ority.
The first i.rectcr of Central Intelligence appointed by tae
rre:ii den r, was Rear , dmiral 3 icxaeyy 'W. Souers who set up the initial
argani att. on and held the post fret 22 Janus ry l946 until he was
succee4red by Lt. L,en. oyt S. V.andenberL or 10 June 1346. On 1 May 1947,
T'.ea* .r Cot"iral roacue H. Hillenkoettitr was s.r1ooilnted to tie oost, succeed-
to .: rener^al Vander,'aerg.
On 2/ July l9 the President approv;?c the national :.?ecur?ity pct,
wage-h created th. " . viona1 Security Council, under which the Central
Tnt'lli.-ret.tce was created. `; ae Wetiocal Security Council And.
the Central Inte1lik;cence Atency ;re.2IE;ced the National Intell?r.ence
"uthari: ;i and the Central Tr:teliig nce r^ ip but the po=sition, "Director
of Central TntoIli *enee,," was retained, any ' d iral '-ts.llenkoetter held
t .nt ,c ri J until 7 October 1950, when h=e was 4ucceeded b y :'emeral. VIIalter
?Bedell Smith, who is the, r ro: ent Director.
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we do not rocoI!t.;end articles abo,,.?t nor do we col-inmmnt on those
from tini(,, to time appear. ; tho niress or m4,azlnes.
r r. 1 ..".,zd.th hopes that material inc information ~ri,ll be
helP U1 'iv you in your writing for an American tlovernment course at
:orthwe:i 'L,- n University.
Stc-de ' J. r.,ro an
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