Souers’ Tenure as Director of Central Intelligence
137. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Souers) to the National Intelligence Authority
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Records of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research: Lot 58 D 776, History of the National Intelligence Structure. Confidential.
138. Minutes of the First Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Board
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–281. Confidential. The meeting was held in the New War Department Building.
139. Minutes of the 184th Meeting of the Secretary of State’s Staff Committee
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 353, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees—State Department, Lot File No. 122, Records of the Secretary’s Staff Committee 1944–47. Secret. Drafted by E.A. Jamison. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
140. Minutes of the First Meeting of the National Intelligence Authority
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 811.002/1–2446. Confidential. The meeting was held at the Department of State.
141. National Intelligence Authority Directive No. 1
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leahy Papers, No. 132. Confidential. Also reproduced in CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman , pp. 35–37.
142. National Intelligence Authority Directive No. 2
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–244. Confidential. This “tentative” version was approved at the February 8 NIA meeting. Appendices A–C are in the Supplement under cover of a February 11 memorandum from Souers. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/2–1146)
143. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Souers) to the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence (McCormack)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/2–1446. Confidential.
144. Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Board
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–281. Top Secret. Limited Distribution. The meeting was held at the New War Department Building.
145. Minutes of the Third Meeting of the National Intelligence Authority
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leahy Papers, No. 132. Confidential. The meeting was held at the Department of State. This was an instance in which the meetings of the National Intelligence Authority and the Committee of Three overlapped. A record of the NIA portion of the meeting also exists in the Committee of Three minutes. (Ibid., RG 107, Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, Secretary of War Patterson’s Subject File, RPP Committee of Three, Safe File No. 1) A note on the source text indicates Admiral Leahy “subsequently approved the action taken at the meeting.”
146. Minutes of the Third Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Board
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–281. Confidential; Limited Distribution. The meeting was held at the New War Department Building.
147. Central Intelligence Group Administrative Order No. 3
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–208. Confidential. The source text is dated by hand and carries the handwritten notation “Revised.”
148. Memorandum by the Director of Central Intelligence (Souers)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–276. Top Secret; Limited Distribution.
149. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Souers) to the President’s Chief of Staff
Source: Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, President’s Secretary’s Files. Secret. Truman had directed General Eisenhower, the Army Chief of Staff, to recommend a successor to Souers. Eisenhower proposed General Bonesteel. (Letter, Eisenhower to Truman, April 27; ibid.) See the Supplement.
150. Memorandum From the President’s Chief of Staff (Leahy) to President Truman
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leahy Papers, No. 131. Secret.
151. Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Board
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–281. Top Secret. The meeting was held at the War Department.
152. Memorandum From President Truman to Secretary of War Patterson
Source: Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File. No classification marking.
153. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence (Langer) to the Secretary of State’s Staff Committee
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 353, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees—State Department, Lot File No. 122, Box 94. Restricted. Transmitted by a covering note stating that the Advisory Committee on Intelligence had considered the problem and decided that it required a decision at the level of the Secretary’s Staff Committee. (Memorandum from Langer to John Gange, June 7; ibid.) See the Supplement. The action by the Advisory Committee on Intelligence is in the minutes of its first meeting, June 4. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 353, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees—State Department, Lot File No. 122, Box 94) See the Supplement.
154. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Souers) to the National Intelligence Authority
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC-39, Item 1. Top Secret. Also reproduced with title page in CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman , pp. 41–51.