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Central Intelligence Group

Also known as: CIG

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History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 9 facts

claimSidney Souers resigned from the Central Intelligence Group after leaving a note that emphasized the urgent need to develop high-quality intelligence on the Soviet Union.

claimGeneral Hoyt Vandenberg established the Office of Special Operations (OSO) and the Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) during his tenure as director of the Central Intelligence Group.

accountIn July 1946, Hoyt Vandenberg reorganized the Central Reports Staff into the Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE), which produced intelligence reports based on State Department telegrams, military dispatches, and internal CIG reporting.

accountSidney Souers, the former Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence, served as the first Director of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) but resigned due to a lack of cooperation from other U.S. government agencies.

claimDuring the tenure of Sidney Souers, the Central Intelligence Group received little cooperation from other U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

claimInternal reviews of the Central Intelligence Group later found that much of the early intelligence reporting from the period under General Hoyt Vandenberg was inaccurate.

claimIn mid-1946, the assets of the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) were transferred to the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) and reconstituted as the Office of Special Operations (OSO).

claimGeneral Hoyt Vandenberg, a former commander of U.S. air operations in Europe and later an intelligence adviser to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, succeeded Sidney Souers as the second director of the Central Intelligence Group.

claimThe National Intelligence Authority (NIA) and its operational extension, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), were disestablished after twenty months.

The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... govinfo.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office 7 facts

accountThe Department of State transferred 600 positions from the Interim Research and Intelligence Service (IRIS) to the National Intelligence Authority, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), and the military services, leaving the Department of State with a skeleton analytic group.

accountLieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg, the second Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), expanded the Central Intelligence Group's (CIG) clandestine collection, research and analysis, and overall organizational size, while gaining authority to hire personnel and acquire administrative support.

claimFunding and staffing for the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) were provided by other departments and agencies, which retained control over their own intelligence efforts.

claimThe Central Intelligence Group (CIG) was a small interdepartmental group, not an independent agency, responsible for coordinating, planning, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence and overtly collected information.

accountDuring Rear Admiral Sidney Souers' tenure as Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) played a limited analytical role because Souers was reluctant to challenge the analytical product of the State Department's Interim Research and Intelligence Service (IRIS).

accountLieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg proposed the creation of an independent central intelligence agency, modeling its features on the existing charter of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), to ensure the agency would receive annual appropriations.

accountPresident Harry S. Truman issued an executive directive on 22 January 1946 that established the National Intelligence Authority, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), and an Intelligence Advisory Board to address his dissatisfaction with the haphazard nature of intelligence collection and to prevent future events like the attack on Pearl Harbor.