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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.

Table of Contents

1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945

1946
1946 - January
1946 - February
1946 - March
1946 - April
1946 - May
1946 - June
1946 - July
1946 - August
1946 - September
1946 - October
1946 - November
1946 - December

1947
1947 - January
1947 - February
1947 - March
1947 - April
1947 - May
1947 - June
1947 - July
1947 - August
1947 - September
1947 - October
1947 - November
1947 - December

1948 | 1949 | 1950

1951
1951 - January
1951 - February
1951 - March
1951 - April
1951 - May
1951 - June
1951 - July
1951 - August
1951 - September
1951 - October
1951 - November
1951 - December

1952 | 1953 | Undated