Founding of the National Intelligence Structure, August 1945–January 1946


61. Minutes of Meeting

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Diplomatic Branch Reference File, Minutes of Meetings of the Committee of Three 1944–1947. Top Secret.


62. Memorandum for the Record

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 263, Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, Troy Papers. No classification marking.


63. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Navy’s Special Assistant (Correa) to Secretary of the Navy Forrestal

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 80, General Records of the Department of the Navy, Records of Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal 1940–1947, General Correspondence 1944–1947, Box 129, 80–1–19. No classification marking.


64. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (Souers) to Clark M. Clifford

Source: Truman Library, Papers of Clark M. Clifford, National Military Establishment: CIA. Top Secret; Personal. Also reproduced in CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman, pp. 17–19. On another copy of this memorandum a marginal notation written by Souers reads: “Comdr. Clifford asked for my recommendation at the request of the President.” (Central Intelligence Agency Historical Files, HS/HC–135) Clifford was appointed Naval Aide to the President in early 1946 and then Special Counsel to the President on June 27, 1946. Apparently he was not formally a Presidential appointee at this time.


65. Memorandum From Arnold Miles to L.W. Hoelscher of the Bureau of the Budget

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 51, Records of the Office of Management and Budget, Series 39.19, OSS Organization and Functions. No classification marking. Apparently drafted by Schwarzwalder, whose name is typed in parentheses after Miles’ name on the “from” line.


66. Letter From Acting Secretary of War Royall and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal to Secretary of State Byrnes

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/1–646. Confidential. Apparently given to Byrnes by Royall and Forrestal at their January 6 meeting. There is no record of the meeting by any of the participants. See Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, Post-Presidential Memoirs, Sidney W. Souers interview with William Hillman and David M. Noyes, December 15, 1954. See also Darling, The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, p. 70, and Troy, Donovan and the CIA, pp. 341–342.


67. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence (McCormack) to Secretary of State Byrnes

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.5/1–746. No classification marking.


68. Letter From Secretary of State Byrnes, Acting Secretary of War Royall, and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal to President Truman

Source: Truman Library, Official File, 892. Confidential. An unsigned copy of this letter indicates that McCormack was the drafter. (Ibid., Papers of Clark M. Clifford, National Intelligence Authority)


69. Memorandum by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Smith)

Source: Roosevelt Library, Papers of Harold Smith, Box 4, Conferences with President Truman, 1946. No classification marking. The time on the source text is 10 p.m., but the “p.m.” has been crossed out and inserted by hand is “a.m.?” Although written in the third person, this is part of the series of memoranda often referred to as the “Smith Diary.” The only other known contemporary account of this meeting by a participant is Admiral Leahy’s short diary entry, which simply notes the fact of the meeting and comments: “The Director of the Budget offered many objections that evidently were instigated by the Department of State.” (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Leahy Diaries, January 9, 1946) President Truman’s brief account, which may refer either to this meeting or to a follow-up session on January 12, is in Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, vol. II, Years of Trial and Hope, p. 57.


70. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Smith) to the President’s Special Counsel (Rosenman)

Source: Truman Library, Papers of Samuel I. Rosenman, Subject File—OSS, 1946. Confidential.


71. Presidential Directive on Coordination of Foreign Intelligence Activities

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1946, pp. 88–89. The directive was also published in the Federal Register of February 5, 1946 (11 Fed. Reg. 1337, 1339). A typewritten copy is reproduced in CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman, pp. 29–31.


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