CIA Internal Histories

Center for the Study of Intelligence Histories

50 Years in Langley: Recollections of the Construction of CIA's Original Headquarters Building 1961-2011
Eagle and Swastika: CIA and Nazi War Criminals and Collaborators (Draft)
Hearts and Minds: Three Case Studies of the CIA's Covert Support of American Anti-Communist Groups in the Cold War, 1949-1967
Notes From Our Attic: A Curator's Pocket History of the CIA

CSI Vietnam Histories

CIA and the House of Ngo: Covert Action in South Vietnam, 1954-1963
CIA and Rural Pacification in South Vietnam
CIA and the Generals: Covert Support to Military Government in South Vietnam
Good Questions, Wrong Answers: CIA's Estimate of Arms Traffic Through Sihanoukville, Cambodia During the Vietnam War
The Way We Do Things: Black Entry Operations Into North Vietnam
Undercover Armies: CIA and Surrogate Warfare in Laos

CIA Historical Staff Series

CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974
Chronology 1946-65 Volume 1 1946-55
Chronology 1946-65 Volume 2 1956-65

The Clandestine Service Historical Series

CSHP 003 [Redacted] 55-65 (relates to Counterintelligence Staff)
CSHP 011 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
CSHP 012 Covert Action Project Funds FY 64 and FY 65, Dec 47-Jan 65
CSHP 015 Funding Covert Operations, 60-64
CSHP 016 Book Projects (Survey for DDP) 50-Sep 62
CSHP 017 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
CSHP 018 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
CSHP 019 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
CSHP 024 Report on Berlin Operations Base, January 1946-March 1948
CSHP 031 Establishment & Early Development of the Office of Policy Coordination, 48-49
CSHP 044 The Inspection and Review Staff, DDP, October 1952-April 1959
CSHP 060 The Unnkown Political Prisoner, A Pschological Warfare Case Study 51-53
CSHP 061 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
CSHP 062 The Defeat of the Binh Xuyen Sect by the Diem Government, 10 March-3 April 1955, 15 Apr 1955, by Col. Edward G. Lansdale
CSHP 067 [Classified Title] (relates to Covet Action Staff)
CSHP 071 History of Maritime Activities Korea (1950-1956)
CSHP 075 The Saigon Liaison Mission, 1952—1954, August 1967
CSHP 080 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Staff)
CSHP 085 [Classified Title]
CSHP 087 Civil Air Transport (CAT): A Proprietary Airline, 1946-1955
CSHP 098 The Illegal Border Crossing Program, 1946-1959
CSHP 105 Record of Paramilitary Action Against the Castro Government of Cuba, 17 March 1960 - May 1961
CSHP 113 The Saigon Military Mission: June 1954-December 1956, October 1970, Vols. I-II
CSHP 117
CSHP 150 The Berlin Tunnel Operation
CSHP 159 The Correspondence (CR) Branch, RID, 1949-1966
CSHP 160 Aspects of the Air and Ground War in Laos
CSHP 161 The Foreign Intelligence Operations Group, 1945-1965
CSHP 168
CSHP 196 The 1967 Crisis in Covert Action Operations
CSHP 198 A Chronology of Events in the Records Integration Division & Its Predecessors, 45-65
CSHP 200 The Automation of RID, 55-65
CSHP 211
CSHP 213 FI Staff Handling of Relations with Department of State & with Ambassadors, 57-67
CSHP 218 History of the Reference Branch, RID, 45-65
CSHP 221
CSHP 225 CIA Relationship with the Ukranian Movement
CSHP 227 The Processing Branch, RID, 45-65
CSHP 251 The Central Cover Staff, 1946-1970
CSHP 339 Infiltration and Resupply of Agents in North Korea (1952-1953), Vols. I-III
CSHP 326
CSHP 355 Covert Action Operations: Soviet Russia Division, 1950-1968
CSHP 373
CSHP 384
  • 2.040 History of FI/D
  • 2.104 History of [Redacted] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.108 FI Staff Coordination under NSCID No. 5, 1951-1967 (draft as of 8 Aug 1972)
  • 2.124 [Classified Title] (relates to FI/D)
  • 2.132 Vietnam
  • 2.145 History of TSD, Headquarters
  • 2.149 History of the FI Staff (to 1960)
  • 2.169 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.170 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.191 FI Intelligence Group
  • 2.197 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.205 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.215 POW Intelligence
  • 2.216 Coordination and Planning Commissions (SHAPE)
  • 2.220 CS Special Group Functions/History of the FI Staff to 1960
  • 2.223 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
  • 2.229 History of OSO
  • 2.230 History of DDP-Dulles/Wisner Period
  • 2.231 History of DDP-[Redacted]
  • 2.232 History of DDP-DDP-Helms Period
  • 2.236 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.242 History of IO Division/Covert Action in the Cold War -- An Historical Perspective of the IO Division, 1951-1962
  • 2.244 [Classified Title] (relates to Covert Action Staff)
  • 2.246 Labor Progran
  • 2.255 CI Staff and Predecessor Organizations
  • 2.256 History of DO Division
  • 2.257 [Classified Title] (relates to Directorate of Operations
  • 2.260 [Classified Title] (relates to Central Cover Staff/Special Operations Division)
  • 2.262 [Classified Title] (relates to Central Cover Staff)
  • 2.264 [Classified Title] (relates to Central Cover Staff)
  • 2.266 History of EUR Division
  • 2.267 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.272 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.276 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.279 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.281 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.282 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.284 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.285 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.287 [Classified Title] (relates to Far East Division)
  • 2.288 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.289 FI Special Ops Group
  • 2.290 FI Scientific Intelligence Group/History of the FI Scientific Intelligence Group (1959-1965)
  • 2.291 FI Intelligence Group/History of FI Intelligence Group (Oct 45-Aug 68)
  • 2.297 CIA Influence on Relationships between Third Parties
  • 2.304 CS Budgetary Functions
  • 2.311 [Classified Title] (relates to Near East Division)
  • 2.315 [Classified Title] (relates to Near East Division)
  • 2.318 History of NE Division
  • 2.319 Organizational Services and its Predecessor Organizations
  • 2.320 History of RID Training Office
  • 2.322 [Classified Title] (relates to Soviet Bloc Division)
  • 2.324 History of WH Division
  • 2.330 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.331 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.332 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.336 PM Contingency Cadres
  • 2.337 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.341 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.342 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.343 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.348 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.349 Air Support of Cuban Operations 1960-1962
  • 2.350 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.353 [Classified Title] (relates to Technical Services Division)
  • 2.357 [Classified Title] (relates to Special Operations Division)
  • 2.366 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.367 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.368 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.371 [Classified Title] (relates to Western Hemisphere Division)
  • 2.375 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.376 [Classified Title] (Western Hemisphere station history)
  • 2.383 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.388 [Classified Title] (relates to Africa Division)
  • 2.389 Fifty-Four Days to Victory in the Congo: CIA's Operation Against Lumumba in 1960

    • The DCI Historical Series

    Early Histories

    HS-1 The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950
    HS-3 CIA Support Functions: Organization and Accomplishments of the DDA-DDS Group, 1953-1956

    The Directors of Central Intelligence

    DCI-1 General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 - February 1953 Volume I The Essential Background
    DCI-1 General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 - February 1953 Volume II Bedell Smith Takes Command
    DCI-1 General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 - February 1953 Volume III Reorganization Pursuant to NSC 50
    DCI-1 General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 - February 1953 Volume IV The War Emergency and the Clandestine Services
    DCI-1 General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 - February 1953 Volume V External Relations
    DCI-2 Allen Welsh Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence 23 February 1953 - 29 November 1961 Volume III Covert Activities
    DCI-4 History of SIGINT in the Central Intelligence Agency, 1947-70
    DCI-5 Internal Audit of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1947 through 1967 [External File]
    DCI-6 Planning and Construction of the Agency Headquarters Building, January 1946 - July 1963
    DCI-7 The Office of the Inspector General, January 1952 - December 1971 [External File]
    DCI-8 Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation | Volume V Draft
    John McCone as Director of Central Intelligence, 1961-1965
    William E. Colby as Director of Central Intelligence, 1973-1976

    Miscellaneous Series

    MS-2 Office of Scientific Research and Development History of Division 19
    MS-5 The Relationship Between The Director For National Estimates And Deputy Director For Intelligence

    The Directorate of Intelligence Historical Series

    OBGI-1 National Intelligence Survey Program 1948-1968
    OCI-1 A History of the Central Intelligence Bulletin, 1951-1967

    Directorate of Science & Technology Histories

    OSA-1 History of the Office of Special Activities From Inception to 1969
    OSI-1 OFfice of Scientific Intelligence, 1949-1968
    OSP-1 Office Of Special Projects 1965-1970 Volume Two Chapters III-IV & Source References
    CORONA Program History

    The Support Services Historical Series

    OP-3 The Office of Personnel: Special Activities Staff, 1957-70

    Miscellaneous Studies

    MISC-18 Donovan and the CIA: A History Of The Establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency
    The Battle for Iran
    CIA Watergate History - Draft
    Francis Gary Powers: The Unmaking of a Hero, 1960-1965 (outline)
    Historical Background of the Central Intelligence Agency (excerpts)
    History of Personal Affairs Branch
    History of the Office of Communications
    Family Jewels
    Legislative History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Draft
    OSS War Report Vol. 1 - Washington Organization
    OSS War Report Vol. 2 - Operations in the Field

    Other Identified Volumes

  • MISC-20 Eisenhower and Reconnaissance
  • OCI-5 Keeping the President Informed
  • OMS-8, The Role of Medicine in Clandestine Operations, 1947-1965

    • Sources

    Declassifying CIA's Internal Histories
    CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM STATUS OF CS HISTORIES
    CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM STATUS OF CS HISTORIES 30 SEPTEMBER 1971
    CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM STATUS OF CS HISTORIES 30 SEPTEMBER 1971
    EVALUATION OF WRITERS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CS HISTORICAL PROGRAN
    THE CIA HISTORY PROGRAM
    THE CLANDESTINE SERVICE HISTORICAL PROGRAM, STATUS AND PLANNING