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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Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392094
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 CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_17_Jul_1947.PDF | 2.93 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392090
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| CIG_IAB_Meeting_Agenda_31_Jul_1947.PDF | 1.14 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392096
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| Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_1_Jul_1947.PDF | 425.49 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/07 - July 1947/NIA_Directive_No_10_Reserve_Officers_Used_as_Agents_30_Ju
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392095
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| NIA_Directive_No_10_Reserve_Officers_Used_as_Agents_30_July_1947.PDF | 158.79 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392091
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| NIA_Letter_to_Comptroller_on_CIG_Funds_1_Jul_1947.PDF | 332.89 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/07 - July 1947/President_Directing_DCI_to_Report_on_USSR_18_Jul_1946.PDF
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d8392093
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| President_Directing_DCI_to_Report_on_USSR_18_Jul_1946.PDF | 283.2 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/08 - August 1947/CIG_8-2_Development_of_Intelligence_on_USSR_7_Aug_1947.
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ad
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| CIG_8-2_Development_of_Intelligence_on_USSR_7_Aug_1947.PDF | 1.71 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920af
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| Liaison_Procedures_with_ONI_30_Aug_1947.PDF | 316.16 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/08 - August 1947/Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directives_1_and_2_18_Aug_1947.
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ac
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| Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directives_1_and_2_18_Aug_1947.PDF | 2.32 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b0
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| Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directive_No_1_29_Aug_1947.PDF | 8.39 MB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ab
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| Receipt_Records_for_NIA_Directive_No_2_18_Aug_1947.PDF | 2.02 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/09 - September 1947/IAB_1-2_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_5_Se
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b9
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| IAB_1-2_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_5_Sep_1947.PDF | 1.66 MB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/09 - September 1947/IAB_5_Appointment_of_Scientific_Attaches_16_Sep_1947
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920ba
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| IAB_5_Appointment_of_Scientific_Attaches_16_Sep_1947.PDF | 675.75 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1947/09 - September 1947/List_of_contact_in_Member_departments_on_Collection_
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920bc
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| List_of_contact_in_Member_departments_on_Collection_27_Sep_1947.PDF | 520.53 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920be
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| NIA_Directive_No_11_16_Sep_1947.PDF | 475.8 KB |
Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920bb
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| NIA_Directive_No_11_Action_by_IAB_16_Sep_1947.PDF | 437.45 KB |