The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group

Abstract

January 1996 marked the 50th anniversary of President Truman's appointment of the first Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the creation of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), CIAs institutional predecessor. The office diary of the Presidents chief military adviser, Flt. Admr. William D. Leahy, records a rather unexpected event on 24 January 1946: "At lunch today in the White House, with only members of the Staff present, RAdm. Sidney Souers and I were presented (by President Truman) with black cloaks, black hats, and wooden daggers, and the President read an amusing directive to us outlining some of our duties in the Central Intelligence Agency, Cloak and Dagger Group of Snoopers." With this whimsical ceremony, President Truman christened Admiral Souers as the first DCI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA527324

Entities

People

  • Michael Warner

Organizations

  • Central Intelligence Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Directives
  • Foreign Intelligence
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Intelligence
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Strategic Warning
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.