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January 23, 2009

DCI Walter Bedell Smith Creates the Directorate for Intelligence

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December 31, 2008 – The end of World War II brought many changes to American national security. A month and a half after the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman disbanded the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In 1946, Truman created the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), which was the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA itself was established when President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. Through all this change one need became apparent: a streamlined method to produce finished intelligence analysis to help the President and others in our government make informed decisions about threats and opportunities overseas.

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