Contents

History of the Central Intelligence Agency (PDF: 226 K)

Part One: The Central Intelligence Group and the Central Intelligence Agency, 1946-1952   (PDF: 3147 K)

I. The OSS Precedent

II. The Origins of the Central Intelligence Group

III. The Directors of Central Intelligence, 1946-1952

IV. The Evolution of the Central Intelligence Function, 1946-1949

A. The Pattern Established, 1946-1949

B. The Reorganization of the Intelligence Function, 1950

C. Departmental Intelligence Activities

V. Clandestine Activities

A. Origins of Covert Action

B. The Office of Policy Coordination, 1948-1952

C. Policy Guidance

D. OPC Activities

E. OPC Integration and the OPC-OSO Merger

F. Congressional Review

Part Two: The Dulles Era, 1953-1961   (PDF: 1856 K)

I. The Clandestine Service

A. Internal Procedures; Secrecy and Its Consequences

B. Clandestine Activities, 1953-1961

C. Executive Authorization of Covert Action

D. Congressional Review

II. Intelligence Production

III. The Coordination Problem

Part Three: Change and Routinization, 1961-1970   (PDF: 1572 K)

I. The Directors of Central Intelligence, 1961-1970

II. The Clandestine Service

A. Clandestine Activities, 1961-1970

B. Executive Authorization

C. Congressional Review

III. The Effort at Management Reform

IV. The Directorate of Science and Technology (DDS&T)

V. Intelligence Production

A. Economic Research and Analysis

B. Strategic Research and Analysis

Part Four: The Recent Past, 1971-1975   (PDF: 621 K)

I. The Directors of Central Intelligence, 1973-1975

II. Attempts at Redirection

A. Internal Changes

B. Outside Review

Part Five: Conclusions   (PDF: 425 K)

Organizational Charts
List of Acronyms
Intelligence and Technology

I. Background

II. Covert Observation and Intercept

III. File Technology

Addenda to the Interim Report on Alleged Assassination Plots   (PDF: 3152 K)

I. Schneider Case

A. Interrogatory Responses of Richard M. Nixon

B. Statements and Testimony of Edward M. Korry

II. The "Special Operations" Unit

A. Program Branch 7: A Special Operations Unit with Assassination Jurisdiction

B. The Hunt-Pash Meeting and the Handling of Double Agent Problems

C. Assassination Suggestions Rejected by CIA Headquarters