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The '''National Intelligence Authority''' (NIA) was the [[United States Government]] authority responsible for monitoring the '''Central Intelligence Group''' (CIG), the successor intelligence agency of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] established by President [[Harry S. Truman]] in the immediate aftermath of [[World War Two]].
The '''National Intelligence Authority''' (NIA) was the [[United States Government]] authority responsible for monitoring the '''Central Intelligence Group''' (CIG), the successor intelligence agency of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] established by President [[Harry S. Truman]] in the immediate aftermath of [[World War Two]].


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The National Intelligence Authority (NIA) was the United States Government authority responsible for monitoring the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the successor intelligence agency of the Office of Strategic Services established by President Harry S. Truman in the immediate aftermath of World War Two.

Despite opposition from the military establishment, the United States Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), President Truman established the National Intelligence Authority[1] in January 1946.[2] The National Intelligence Authority and its operational extension, the Central Intelligence Group, (CIG) was an interim entity established under Presidential authority which was disestablished after twenty months.[3] The disestablishment of the NIA and CIG came with the National Security Act of 1947 which established the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council.[4] The Central Intelligence Group ended with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947 and was absorbed by the newly initiated Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[5]

The NIA was composed of the Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Role of Intelligence" (1965). Congress and the Nation 1945-1964: a review of government and politics in the postwar years. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Service. p.306.
  2. ^ Warner, Michael. "The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group" (PDF). cia.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "CIA - History". fas.org.
  4. ^ Warner, Michael (2001). "Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution". Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency.
  5. ^ Leary, William (1984). The Central Intelligence Agency. The University of Alabama Press.
  6. ^ Immerman, Richard (January 2008). "Intelligence and Strategy: Historicizing Psychology, Policy, and Politics". Diplomatic History. 32: 1–23. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00675.x.