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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DCID_1-1_Espionage_and_Counterespionage_Operations_30_Oct_1947.PDF	155.6 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/10 - October 1947/DCID_1-2_Atomic_Energy_Intelligence_30_Oct_1947.PDF

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920f6

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DCID_1-2_Atomic_Energy_Intelligence_30_Oct_1947.PDF	133.03 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/10 - October 1947/DCID_1-3_Foreign_Wireless_and_Radio_Monitoring_30_Oct_

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DCID_1-3_Foreign_Wireless_and_Radio_Monitoring_30_Oct_1947.PDF	151.06 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/10 - October 1947/DCID_1-4_Research_and_Development_Board_30_Oct_1947.PD

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83920f9

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DCID_1-4_Research_and_Development_Board_30_Oct_1947.PDF	119.96 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/10 - October 1947/DCID_1-5_Foreign_Document_Exploitation_30_Oct_1947.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d83920f8

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DCID_1-5_Foreign_Document_Exploitation_30_Oct_1947.PDF	125.21 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/11 - November 1947/Memo_Explaining_Replacement_of_Old_NSCIDs_10_Nov_1947

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839212f

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Memo_Explaining_Replacement_of_Old_NSCIDs_10_Nov_1947.PDF	743.77 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/11 - November 1947/Minutes_of_the_Meeting_20_Nov_1947.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392130

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Minutes_of_the_Meeting_20_Nov_1947.PDF	1.75 MB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/Minutes_of_the_meeting_Project_Review_committee_11_De

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Minutes_of_the_meeting_Project_Review_committee_11_Dec_1947.PDF	738.8 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_1_Duties_and_Responsibilities_12_Dec_1947.PD

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b3

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NSCID_No_1_Duties_and_Responsibilities_12_Dec_1947.PDF	415.53 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_2_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Activities_Ab

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b2

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NSCID_No_2_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Activities_Abroad_9_Dec_1947.PDF	258.37 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_3_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_9_

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b5

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NSCID_No_3_Coordination_of_Intelligence_Production_9_Dec_1947.PDF	663.96 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_4_National_Intelligence_Objectives_9_Dec_194

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b8

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NSCID_No_4_National_Intelligence_Objectives_9_Dec_1947.PDF	217.17 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_5_Espionage_and_Counterespionage_Operations_

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b6

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NSCID_No_5_Espionage_and_Counterespionage_Operations_12_Dec_1947.PDF	244.75 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSCID_No_6_Foreign_Wireless_and_Radio_Monitoring_12_D

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b1

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NSCID_No_6_Foreign_Wireless_and_Radio_Monitoring_12_Dec_1947.PDF	169.95 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1947/12 - December 1947/NSC_Memo_on_Transmitting_Proposed_NSCIDs_9_Dec_1947.P

Document Number: 50dde102993247d4d83920b7

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NSC_Memo_on_Transmitting_Proposed_NSCIDs_9_Dec_1947.PDF	346.26 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1948/CIG_Budget_FY1948.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d8392163

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CIG_Budget_FY1948.PDF	395.84 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1948/DCID_2-1_Coordination_of_Collection_Plan_25_Oct_1948.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839216b

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DCID_2-1_Coordination_of_Collection_Plan_25_Oct_1948.PDF	351.13 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1948/DCID_3-2_Policy_on_Interdepartmental_Approval_of_National_Intelligence_E

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839216a

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DCID_3-2_Policy_on_Interdepartmental_Approval_of_National_Intelligence_Estimates_13_Sep_1948.PDF	434.89 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1948/DCID_4-1_National_Intelligence_Objectives_1_Feb_1948.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839216c

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DCID_4-1_National_Intelligence_Objectives_1_Feb_1948.PDF	363.87 KB

/specialCollection/cgi/1948/IAC_Minutes_16_Jun_1948.PDF

Document Number: 50dde103993247d4d839216d

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IAC_Minutes_16_Jun_1948.PDF	2.49 MB

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