Listed chronologically by years covered and volume number within the covered years.
U.S. Department of State. Office of the Historian. Eds., C. Thomas Thorne, Jr., and David S. Patterson. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945-1950 -- Truman Series: Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment. Washington, DC: GPO, 1996.
Clark comment: The FRUS series represents the official documentary record of the major foreign policy decisions and diplomatic activities of the U.S. Government. This volume, compiled retrospectively to the other volumes in the chronological series, is an essential resource for those interested in the beginnings of the American intelligence establishment in the years immediately after World War II.
The 419 documents that make up the FRUS volume are also available electronically, at http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/intel/index.html, and at http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/doclist971024a.html.
"Ancillary or supplementary documents" to the FRUS volume were released in October 1997: For a description of the background to the compilation and issuance of the Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment volume and the additional documents, see: U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, "Background to the Release of Documents on the Origins of the Intelligence Community" (1997) at http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/annouce971024a.html.
Nelson, Diplomatic History 22.3, comments that this work “represents a tentative first step toward integrating intelligence activities into the history of American foreign relations.” The question of who would control the new intelligence establishment “dominates the memoranda, meeting summaries, and correspondence” included here.
[CIA/40s; GenPostwar/40s]
U.S. Department of State. Office of the Historian. Foreign Relations, 1945-1950: Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment -- List of Documents. Washington, DC: 1997. [http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/doclist971024a.html]
This site offers access to the 419 documents that make up the FRUS volume. This is an essential resource for those interested in the beginnings of the American intelligence establishment in the years immediately after World War II.
[CIA/40s; GenPostwar/40s]
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