Vandenberg’s Tenure as Director of Central Intelligence


185. Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the National Intelligence Authority

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–245. Top Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. The meeting was held at the Department of State. Also reproduced in CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman, pp. 113–121.


186. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence (Eddy) to Secretary of State Marshall

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.61/2–1547. Top Secret. Marshall annotated this memorandum “Hold. G.C.M.”


187. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/2–1947. Drafted by Allan Evans. The memorandum was covered by a brief handwritten transmittal note from Evans to Eddy and had attached a paper, possibly a draft, entitled “Relations With Other Government Intelligence Agencies,” dated June 14, 1946. See the Supplement.


188. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence (Eddy) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.61/2–2847. Confidential.


189. Central Intelligence Group Paper

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–276. Confidential. For the background on this paper, see Document 185.


190. Letter From the Director of Central Intelligence (Vandenberg) to the Chairman of the Joint Research and Development Board (Bush)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–804, Item 46, Job 84–B00443R, Box 7. Secret. The source text is a transcript made for the CIA Historian on July 29, 1952.


191. Memorandum by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Wright)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–100, Item 5. Secret. Addressed to the CIG Assistant Directors for Reports and Estimates, Collection and Dissemination, Operations, and Special Operations and the Chief, Interdepartmental Coordinating and Planning Staff.


192. Circular Instruction From the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/4–947. Confidential. Drafted by P.G. Strong and T.M. Nordbeck. Addressed to American diplomatic and consular officers “except Germany, Austria, Japan and Korea.”


193. Circular Instruction From the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/4–1547. Confidential. Addressed to American Diplomatic Officers in the other American Republics. Drafted by Briggs on February 27.


194. National Intelligence Authority Directive No. 9

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leahy Papers, No. 132. Top Secret.


195. Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of the National Intelligence Advisory Board (Earman)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–280. Secret. Prepared for the Intelligence Advisory Board.


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