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/1946/10 - October 1946/British_Radio_Equipment_Manufacturers_Association_Requ

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British_Radio_Equipment_Manufacturers_Association_Request_1_Oct_1946.PDF	155.4 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIGDIR-2.PDF

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CIGDIR-2.PDF	2.91 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_16_Intelligence_Estimates_Prepared_by_CIG_14_Oct_1

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839220e

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CIG_16_Intelligence_Estimates_Prepared_by_CIG_14_Oct_1946.PDF	385.7 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_17_Biographic_Intelligence_25_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392207

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CIG_17_Biographic_Intelligence_25_Oct_1946.PDF	713.12 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_1_26_apr_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921f8

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CIG_1_26_apr_1946.PDF	97.01 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_Directive_No_16_Intelligence_Estimates_Prepared_by

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921f9

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CIG_Directive_No_16_Intelligence_Estimates_Prepared_by_CIG_14_Oct_1946.PDF	428.54 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_Directive_No_23_Establishment_of_Projects_Review_C

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921f7

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CIG_Directive_No_23_Establishment_of_Projects_Review_Committee_25_Oct_1946.PDF	0 bytes

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_1_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392202

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CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_1_Oct_1946.PDF	2.02 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_31_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392219

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CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_31_Oct_1946.PDF	2.04 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/CIG_Special_Funds_Regulation_No_1_21_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839220c

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CIG_Special_Funds_Regulation_No_1_21_Oct_1946.PDF	1.24 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Continuation_of_Washington_Document_Center_3_Oct_1946.

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392218

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Continuation_of_Washington_Document_Center_3_Oct_1946.PDF	220.83 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Distribution_of_FBIS_daily_to_the_Press_14_Oct_1946_.P

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839220a

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Distribution_of_FBIS_daily_to_the_Press_14_Oct_1946_.PDF	1.29 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Eddy_to_Vandenberg_21_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392213

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Eddy_to_Vandenberg_21_Oct_1946.PDF	943.44 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/FBIS_relationship_British_Radio_Equipment_1_Oct_1946.P

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392201

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FBIS_relationship_British_Radio_Equipment_1_Oct_1946.PDF	155.4 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Foreign_Nationalities_Branch_2_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921fa

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Foreign_Nationalities_Branch_2_Oct_1946.PDF	1.21 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Functions_of_Office_for_Special_Operations_25_Oct_1946

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921fe

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Functions_of_Office_for_Special_Operations_25_Oct_1946.PDF	1015 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Functions_of_Office_of_Special_Operations_25_Oct_1946.

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392204

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Functions_of_Office_of_Special_Operations_25_Oct_1946.PDF	401.15 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Functions_of_the_State-Army-Navy_Coordinating_Committe

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921ed

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Functions_of_the_State-Army-Navy_Coordinating_Committee_2_Oct_1946.PDF	174.38 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Future_relations_FBIS_BBc_and_British_Radio_1_Oct_1946

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392206

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Future_relations_FBIS_BBc_and_British_Radio_1_Oct_1946.PDF	144.4 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/IAB_meeting_31_Oct_1946.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921fb

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IAB_meeting_31_Oct_1946.PDF	1.6 MB

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