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/1947/04 - April 1947/IAB_1_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_21_Apr_194
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ca
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 IAB_1_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_21_Apr_1947.PDF | 1.49 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/04 - April 1947/Kenneth_Royall_Statement_to_Senate_Committee_16_Apr_1947
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920e1
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| Kenneth_Royall_Statement_to_Senate_Committee_16_Apr_1947.PDF | 1.14 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/04 - April 1947/Letter_from_Comptroller_on_Auditing_of_Payments_1_Apr_19
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920e8
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| Letter_from_Comptroller_on_Auditing_of_Payments_1_Apr_1947.PDF | 242.8 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ef
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| Liaison_contacts_CIG_with_State_3_Apr_1947.PDF | 294.76 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ed
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| Memorandum_for_the_record_Earman_14_Apr_1947.PDF | 473.56 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/04 - April 1947/Memos_on_central_interdepartmental_dissemination_11_and_
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920e5
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| Memos_on_central_interdepartmental_dissemination_11_and_24_Apr_1947.pdf | 347.78 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920f5
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| Memo_and_Briggs'_response_8_Apr_1947.pdf | 352.43 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920d3
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| Memo_for_DCI_on_psychological_warfare_4_Apr_1947.pdf | 1.77 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920da
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| Memo_for_IAB_secretary_18_Apr_1947.pdf | 361.18 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920d0
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| Memo_from_DCI_to_Chief_ONI_18_Apr_1947.pdf | 177 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920d4
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| Memo_on_Norstad_testimony_3_Apr_1947.pdf | 145.44 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920d2
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| Memo_on_no_action_taken_14_Apr_1947.pdf | 542.19 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920de
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| Memo_on_transfer_of_personnel_18_Apr_1947.pdf | 198.27 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920cf
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| Memo_to_DCI_on_Senate_appearance_25_Apr_1947.pdf | 74.16 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920cd
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| NIA_Directive_No_9_18_Apr_1947.pdf | 193.27 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/04 - April 1947/NIA_Directive_No_9_Atomic_Energy_Intelligence_18_Apr_194
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920e4
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| NIA_Directive_No_9_Atomic_Energy_Intelligence_18_Apr_1947.PDF | 535.79 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920c7
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| Press_release_cover_sheet_Vandenberg_30_Apr_1947.PDF | 132.62 KB |