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/1947/02 - February 1947/NIA_Directive_No_8_National_Intelligence_Requirements
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d839209a
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 NIA_Directive_No_8_National_Intelligence_Requirements_on_China_12_Feb_1947.PDF | 585.17 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a1
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| President's_proposed_draft_of_National_Security_Act_26_Feb_1947.pdf | 224.79 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Proposed_Committee_Report_on_Exploitation_of_Enemy_Do
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a2
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| Proposed_Committee_Report_on_Exploitation_of_Enemy_Documents_6_Feb_1947.PDF | 220.45 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920a3
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| Receipts_of_NIA_Directive_No_8_Feb_and_Mar_1947.pdf | 2.11 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/02 - February 1947/Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directove_No_5_17_Feb_1947.PD
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d839209e
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| Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directove_No_5_17_Feb_1947.PDF | 947.39 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392097
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| Reciporal_agreement_with_BBC_13_Feb_1947.PDF | 287.06 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392099
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| Reciprocal_agreement_with_BBC_13_Feb_1947.PDF | 287.06 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920aa
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| Transfer_of_German_Document_Section_3_Feb_1947.PDF | 747.23 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/03 - March 1947/CIG_24_Action_by_the_Intelligence_Advisory_Board_12_MAr_
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839210d
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| CIG_24_Action_by_the_Intelligence_Advisory_Board_12_MAr_1947.PDF | 429.37 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839210c
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| CIG_operations_memo_3_amendment_1_20_Mar_1947.pdf | 129.25 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392110
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| Congressional_record_vol_93_no_49_14_mar_1947.PDF | 1.44 MB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392102
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| Cover_page_SASC_hearings_on_S_758_Mar_and_Apr_1947.pdf | 133.21 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392104
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| DCI_Authorities_Related_to_Travel_1_Mar_1947.PDF | 434.58 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392105
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| Draft_1_testimony_of_DCI_to_SASC_31_Mar_1947.pdf | 277.55 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/03 - March 1947/Draft_bill_to_establish_national_intelligence_authority_
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392114
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| Draft_bill_to_establish_national_intelligence_authority_and_CIA_10_Mar_1947.pdf | 524.82 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/03 - March 1947/Exploitation_of_Enemy_Document_Repositories_18_Mar_1947.
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392112
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| Exploitation_of_Enemy_Document_Repositories_18_Mar_1947.PDF | 352.13 KB |
Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839211c
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| Forrestal_Testimony_SAFC_14_mar_1947.PDF | 660.43 KB |