/specialCollection/cgi/1946/01 - January 1946/Joint_proposal_of_Secretaries_of_State_War_and_Navy_for_CIA_8_Jan_1946.pdf

DECLASSIFIED AND APPROVED FOR RELEASE BY TNE CENTRAL INTEWSENCE AGENCY DATE: 2111 JOINT PROPOSAL OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE, WAR AND NAVY FOR A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY As a result of the various criticisms the McCormack plan was entirely eliminated. On 7 January the three Secretaries submitted their unanimous recommendation to the President, together with a draft directive for setting up the National Intelligence Authority and the Central Intel- ligence Agency. The directive differs from th...