BACKGROUND PAPERS ON DEVELOPMENT OF COI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2002
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• Publication Date: May 13, 1947
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MIXORAMDUM POR TUI DIRECTOR/ CIO
13 May 1947
Subjects BaCkground Papers on DevelOpment of CIO
1. It is not commonly recognised that the conception
of a centralised intelligence semi** for the United 3teres
Government has a relatively long history. The establish.
cent of the National Intelligence Authority in January 1246
was the culmination of discussions and studies which had
been going on for nearly two years.
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20 It has seemed to me that a certain amount or value
might be derived from collecting in one piece a seleetion of
the most pertinent background papers* They will at least
demonstrate that the idea of centralised intelligence is not
novel/ that the *slating system is the outgrowth of searching
studies on the part of exceed/no:17 diverse participants
possessing widely divergent motivations/ and that therefore
further new investigations might be expected to be entirely
superfluous*
3. The papers in this collection are selected from
more voluminous files which, although they have some bearu
Lag on the subject, provide either unnecessary duplications
or make no real contribution to the development of the
Actually many of them are interesting for the aidelights
they throw on the diffieulties which had to be overcome in
moving the Pleas along at all/ but they would be apt to
detract attention from the central ids* had they been inoluded.
4. There are two papers whish have been omitted be
cause they were not available in the files at my disposal*
These two papers are JIC 239/3 and the amended JCS 1181/5
dated 19 September 194. Presumably these can be obtained
from the JCS. May should be included here because they
present in almost final form the outline or the National
Intelligence Authority and the CIO*
S. Mr. gouston has looked over this collo/et/ono and
suggests that in the event of detailed legislative discussion
of CIA the answers to many question* may be found here.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
. "The Basis for a Permanent United States Foreign Intelligence
Service." Memo byWonovan dated 10 October 1944, with chart.
' 2. The Donovan Plan, comprising Memo for the President dated
to$111/1.%,/ 18 November 1944 and a draft directive entitled "Substan-
tive Authority Necessary etc."
/3. Dnnovan Memorandum to the President dated 26 December 1944.
44;4.4114,4. JIC 239/5 (Not included)
0 5. Report by the Joint Strategic Survey Committee to the JCS.
if Includes the Report, a draft letter to the President, and
a draft'directive. Dated 24 January 1945
6. Donovan letter to the Director of the Budget, dated 25 August
1945. Includes attachment "Principles --- which should Govern
the Establishment of a Centralized US Foreign Intelligence
System.
7. JCS 1181/5 amended as of 19 September 1945. (Not included.)
.v(8. Letter from President Truman to Gen. Donovan on dissilution
of OSS. Dated 20 September 1945.
/9. Excerpt of letter from Secretary Forrestal to Secretary
Patterson. Dated 13 October 1945
.,/10. Memorandum from Col. Cutter to Gen. Magruder; Dated 18 October;
pl. Memorandum from Magruder to Assistant Secretary of War. Title
"National Foreign Intelligence Agency." Dated 20 October.
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/12. Memo from Assistant Secretary Lovett establishing War Deplt
Committee to study and report on Intelligence matters.
Dated 23 October 1945.
Report to the Lovett Committee from SSU. Dated 26 October.
Report of the Lovett Committee. Dated lovember 1945.
4(14.
115. State Department Plan for NIA. Includes Memo from Secretary
Byrnes dated 10 December 1945, Plan and Chart.
46. Criticism of State Department Plan, undated.
.417. Amendments to State Deplt Plan. Includes Memo from Alfred
McCormack to War and Navy, and "Suggested Modifications.
Dated 15-December 1945.
ii8. Memorandum reconvening the War Department Committee. Dated
17 December 1945.
19. Draft of War Del:1ft Committee's comments on State Plan.
Dated 21 December 1945.
4. Joint Proposal of the Secretaries of State, War and Navy
for a CIA. Includes covering memo, McCormack to Magruder,
dated 8 January 1946, joint memo dated 7.January, and trait
Directive.
Presidential Directive of January 22, 1946. -