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/1946/04 - April 1946/FBI_to_CIG_Turnover_of_Central_and_South_America_Operati
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e1
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 FBI_to_CIG_Turnover_of_Central_and_South_America_Operations_16_Apr_1946.PDF | 13.68 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e6
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| Foreign_Broadcast_Intelligence_Service_3_Apr_1946.PDF | 110.24 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922d1
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| Memo_for_Director_SSU_16_Apr_1946.pdf | 80.86 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/Memo_for_NIA_Secretary_on_Monitoring_Foreign_Broadcasts_
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e7
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| Memo_for_NIA_Secretary_on_Monitoring_Foreign_Broadcasts_25_Apr_1946.PDF | 225.56 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922ce
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| Memo_from_Chief_Planning_Staff_on_FBIS_9_Apr_1946.PDF | 799.53 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922d2
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| Memo_on_liquidating_SSU_3_Apr_1946.pdf | 295.26 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922ea
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| Memo_on_SSU_teams_in_China_Apr_1946.pdf | 160.66 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/Move_FBIS_Station_from_Oregon_to_CA_Project_Review_Commi
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922da
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| Move_FBIS_Station_from_Oregon_to_CA_Project_Review_Committee_12_April_1946.PDF | 401.84 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/Naval_message_on_inactivation_of_SSU_teams_in_China_6_Ap
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922d9
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| Naval_message_on_inactivation_of_SSU_teams_in_China_6_Apr_1946.pdf | 279.71 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922ed
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| NIA_Directive_No_4_copy_40_2_Apr_1946.pdf | 441.46 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/NIA_Driective_No_4_Liquidation_of_Special_Services_Unit_
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e9
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| NIA_Driective_No_4_Liquidation_of_Special_Services_Unit_2_Apr_1946.PDF | 326.63 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922ee
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| NIA_Views_on_Proposed_Exec_Order_13_Mar_1946.PDF | 913.9 KB |
/specialCollection/cgi/1946/04 - April 1946/NYT_chart_on_plan_to_unify_US_armed_forces_14_Apr_1946.p
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922d0
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| NYT_chart_on_plan_to_unify_US_armed_forces_14_Apr_1946.pdf | 683.82 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922db
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| Policy_on_Clearance_of_Presonnel_24_Apr_1946.PDF | 1.43 MB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922dc
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| Receipt_of_NIA_Directive_4_16_Apr_1946.pdf | 234.87 KB |
Document Number: 50dde104993247d4d83922e2
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| Receipt_of_NIA_Directive_4_4_Apr_1946.pdf | 278.88 KB |