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The Central Intelligence Agency, history and documents / edited by William M. Leary

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Author:
Leary, William M (William Matthew) 1934-  Search this
Subject:
United States Central Intelligence Agency History  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 190 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Date:
1984
C1984
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Part one : The Central Intelligence Group and the Central Intelligence Agency, 1946-52 -- Part two : The Dulles era, 1953-61 -- Part three : Change and routinization, 1961-70 -- Part four : The recent past, 1971-75 -- Part five : Conclusions -- Documents: -- 1. Memorandum for the President by William J. Donovan, November 18, 1944 -- 2. President Harry S. Truman establishes the Central Intelligence Group, January 22, 1946 -- 3. The National Security Act of 1947 [excerpts] -- 4. National Security Council Directive 10/2, June 18, 1948, establishing the Office of Special Projects -- 5. The Dulles-Jackson-Correa report to the National Security Council on the Central Intelligence Agency and National Organization for Intelligence, January 1, 1949 [summary] -- 6. Report of the Special Study Group [Doolittle Committee] on the covert activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, September 30, 1954 [excerpts] -- 7. National Security Council directive 5412/2, December 28, 1955, on covert operations -- 8. Final report of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, April 26, 1976 [general findings] -- 9. Executive order No. 12063, January 24, 1978, governing intelligence activities [excerpts] -- 10. Executive order No. 12333, December 4, 1981, governing intelligence activities [excerpts]
Call number:
JK468.I6 C46 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_200366