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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/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Transmission_of_material_to_other_agencies_18_Oct_1946
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392216
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 Transmission_of_material_to_other_agencies_18_Oct_1946_B.PDF | 144.12 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Transmission_of_material_to_other_agencies_b18_Oct_194
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921f4
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| Transmission_of_material_to_other_agencies_b18_Oct_1946.PDF | 144.12 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/10 - October 1946/Treasury_Letter_Designating_Finance_Officials_3_Oct_19
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921e9
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| Treasury_Letter_Designating_Finance_Officials_3_Oct_1946.PDF | 194.49 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392217
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| Washington_Document_Center_10_Oct_1946.PDF | 197 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392208
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| Washington_Document_center_11_Oct_1946.PDF | 299.66 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392211
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| Washington_Document_Center_1_Oct_1946.PDF | 485.1 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921ec
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| Washington_Document_Center_28_Oct_1946.PDF | 534.57 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392200
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| Washington_Document_Center_8_Oct_1946.PDF | 211.31 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839221b
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| Washington_Document_Center_Transfer_2_Oct_1946.PDF | 264.06 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/Asst_Dir_for_Collection_and_Dissemination_Comments_on
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921b9
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| Asst_Dir_for_Collection_and_Dissemination_Comments_on_Liaison_Plan_25_Nov_1946.PDF | 615.87 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/Centralized_Reporting_of_Foreign_Press_6_Nov_1946.PDF
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921aa
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| Centralized_Reporting_of_Foreign_Press_6_Nov_1946.PDF | 424.39 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/CIG_20_Production_of_Pol-Psych_Study_on_USSR_21_Nov_1
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921d1
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| CIG_20_Production_of_Pol-Psych_Study_on_USSR_21_Nov_1946.PDF | 496.46 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/CIG_Directive_No_13-1_Assignment_of_Static_Field_Inte
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921c7
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| CIG_Directive_No_13-1_Assignment_of_Static_Field_Intelligence_to_CIG_4_Nov_1946.PDF | 963.14 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921c6
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| CIG_Directive_No_16_1_Nov_1946.PDF | 831.34 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/CIG_Directive_No_16_Biographic_Intelligence_1_Nov_194
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921ac
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| CIG_Directive_No_16_Biographic_Intelligence_1_Nov_1946.PDF | 492.35 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/11 - November 1946/CIG_Directive_No_21_Exploitation_of_Enemy_Document_Re
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921c3
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| CIG_Directive_No_21_Exploitation_of_Enemy_Document_Repositories_21_Nov_1946.PDF | 462.04 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921b8
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| CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_26_Nov_1946.PDF | 1.21 MB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921cf
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| CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_7_Nov_1946.PDF | 2.07 MB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83921bb
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| CIG_IAB_Meeting_Minutes_26_Nov_1946.PDF | 101.55 KB |