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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1946–1979Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1946

Harry S Truman20 January 1946

Government / Democratic Party Government

Sets up a Central Intelligence Group under National Intelligence Authority. Says that "needed intelligence information was not coordinated at any one place"

1947

Harry S Truman19 December 1947

Government / Democratic Party Government

Uses the CIA to run covert ops in Europe. 1st institution of national security in the US

1979

Jimmy Carter3 July 1979

Government / Democratic Party Government

President Jimmy Carter signs a directive authorizing the CIA to conduct covert propaganda operations against the revolutionary regime

Names involved

Harry S TrumanJimmy Carter

Provenance

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