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)
Fifty Years Under Law
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
Eagle and Swastika: CIA and Nazi War Criminals and Collaborators (Draft)

The Clandestine Service Historical Series

The DCI Historical Series

Early Histories (HS)

HS-1 The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950
HS-2 Organizational History of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1950-53
HS-3 CIA Support Functions: Organization and Accomplishments of the DDA-DDS Group, 1953-1956
HS-4 Offices of the Directorate for Intelligence, 1953-60

The Directors of Central Intelligence (DCI)

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 Volume I The Man [External File]
DCI-2 Allen Welsh Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence Volume II Coordination of Intelligence [External File]
DCI-2 Allen Welsh Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence Volume III Covert Activities [External File]
DCI-2 Allen Welsh Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence Volume IV Congressional Oversight and Internal Administration [External File]
DCI-2 Allen Welsh Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence Volume V Intelligence Support of Policy [External File]
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 [External File]

Miscellaneous Series (MS)

MS-1 Office of Scientific Research and Development History of Division 19
MS-2 COI and British Intelligence: An Essay on Origins
MS-3 Office of Reports and Estimates, 1946-51
MS-4 The First Year of the Office of National Estimates: The Directorship of William L. Langer
MS-5 The Relationship Between The Director For National Estimates And Deputy Director For Intelligence
MS-6 The Summit Conference of 1960: An Intelligence Officer's View
MS-7 The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: Presenting the Photographic Evidence Abroad
MS-8 The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: Second Presentation to DeGaulle
MS-9 Problems of Support for Operations in Laos, June 1970-May 1971 (Support Memoir)
MS-10 Military Secrets in an Open Society: The Yale Report
MS-11 How We Got Where We Are; Digest of Overview and Oral History Personnel Administration, 1947-1968
MS-12 The Law and Custom of the National Intelligence Estimate [External File]

The Directorate of Intelligence Historical Series

Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence (DDI)

Information Requirements Staff (IRS)

Office of Basic and Geographic Intelligence (OBGI)

OBGI-1 National Intelligence Survey Program 1948-1968
OBGI-8 The Research and Development of Cartographic Themes for Thematic Mapping
OBGI-13 Cartographic Support to Current Intelligence, 1951-1970
OBGI-14 Geographic Research Support to Scientific, Military, and Economic Intelligence, 1947-70

Foreign Broadcast Information Services (FBIS)

FBIS-3 Foreign Broadcast Information Service History, Part III: 1957-1967

Central Reference Service

Office of Current Intelligence (OCI)

OCI-1 A History of the Central Intelligence Bulletin, 1951-1967
  • OCI-2 Intelligence Support for President-elect Richard M. Nixon
  • OCI-3 A Tour at the White House, 1967-1969
  • OCI-5 Keeping the President Informed: Current Intelligence Support for the White House

    Office of Economic Research (OER)

    OER-1 Development of Economic Intelligence: Office of Research and Reports, Volume I, 1950-1960
    OER-2 Development of Economic Intelligence: Office of Research and Reports, Volume II, 1960-1967
    OER-3 Development of Economic Intelligence: Office of Economic Research, Volume III, 1967-1972
  • OER-4 Economic Intelligence Committee, 1951-1972
  • OER-5 CIA Support for the Economic Defense Program, 1948-1970
  • Office of Strategic Research

    Domestic Contact Service (later DDO/National Collection Division; National Resources Division) (DCS)

  • DCS-1 History of Cuban Refugee Exploitation (Caribbean Admission Center-CAC), March 1962 - December 1966 (working title: CAC-Opa-Locka)
  • DCS-2 History of the Defector Program, April 1946 - December 1966
  • DCS-3 History of Operation LINCOLN, 13 Feb 1959 - 19 Oct 1964
  • DCS-4 History of the Hungarian Refugee Exploitation Program, Dec 1956 - Jun 1958 (working title: Hungarian Refugees)
  • DCS-5 The Origin and Development of Contact Division, 11 Jul 1946 - 1 Jul 1965
  • Directorate of Operations History Series

    Office of the Deputy Director for Operations (DDO)

    Career Management Group

    Counter Intelligence Operations

    Operations Staff

    Special Operations Group

    Information Services Group

    Cover and Commercial Staff

    Africa Division

    East Asia Division (previously Far East Division)

    CSHP 211 The North Asia Command, 1952-1956 (excerpt)
    CSHP 195 The Origins of CIA's Clandestine Organization in the Far East, 1945-1952 (excerpt)
    CSHP 283 CIA in Korea, 1946-1965 (excerpt)

    European Division

    Near East Division

    Soviet Bloc Division

    Western Hemisphere Division

    Division D

    Directorate of Administration History Series

    (previously Directorate of Management and Services; Support Services)

    Office of Communications (OC)

    OC-1 Office of Communications, The Transitional Period, 1 October 1945 - 18 September 1947
    OC-2 Office of Communications, The Developmental Period, 18 September 1947 - 1 July 1951, Section 2, Organization and Administration
  • OC-3 [Classified Title]
  • OC-6 [Classified Title]
  • OC-9 The Cable Secretariat, 1952 - 1966
    The Headquarters Signal Center, The Expansion Period, 1951 - 1966

    Office of Logistics (OL)

  • OL-1 [Unknown Title]
  • OL-3 [Classified Title]
  • OL-5 Printing for Intelligence, 1942-68
    OL-13 Personnel and Training in Logistics, November 1950 - December 1969
    OL-14 The Office of Logistics -- An Overview, 1945-70
    OL-15 Supply Division, 1951 Through 1970
    OL-17 Housekeeping Plus: CIA's Logistics Services Division, 1961 - 1971

    Office of Medical Services (OMS)

  • OMS-3 History of Medical Support for the 1961 Cuban Operation, May 1960 - May 1961
  • OMS-4 The Psychological Services Staff of Medical Services, 1951 - 1966
  • OMS-6 Overview of the Office of Medical Services, 1947 - 1972
  • OMS-7 The Field Support of the Office of Medical Services, 1947 - 1965
  • OMS-8 The Role of Medicine in Clandestine Operations, 1947-1965
  • OMS-9 The CIA Clinical Medicine Program, 1947 - 1965
  • Office of Personnel (OP)

    OP-1 History of the Retirement Counseling and Placement Staff, 19 June 1967 - 14 March 1969
    OP-2 Reluctant Retirees: Outplacement, "Second-Career" Counseling, and Retiree Placement, 1957 - 1967
    OP-3 The Office of Personnel: Special Activities Staff, 1957-70
    OP-4 The Development of Retirement Policy in the Central Intelligence Agency, 1947-68
    OP-5 Mobilization and Military Personnel Division, 1947-70
  • OP-6 Contract Personnel Administration
  • OP-7 Fitness Reporting at CIA, 1947-69
  • OP-8 CIA Recruitment
  • OP-9 Office of Personnel, The Position Mangement and Compensation Division, 1946-67
    OP-10 Personnel Administration, An Overview, 1946-68
    OP-11 Personnel Records and Reports: Control Division, Office of Personnel, 1947-1971
    OP-14 Personnel and Placement in CIA, 1946-71

    Office of Security (OS)

    OS-1 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. I, An Overview
    OS-2 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. II, Personnel Security
  • OS-3 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. III, Physical Security
  • OS-4 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. IV, Operational Support
  • OS-5 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. V, Field Offices
  • OS-6 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. VI, Technical Security
  • OS-7 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. VII, Overseas Security Support
  • OS-8 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. VIII, Compartmented Information Security Practices
  • OS-9 Security Program of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1941-68, Vol. IX, Polygraph Program
  • Office of Training (OTR)

    OTR-2 History of the Office of Training, 1945 - 1949
    OTR-3 History of the Office of Training, Maritime Training, 1959 - 1954
    OTR-4 Agency Training, August 1949 - July 1951
    OTR-5 The Office of Training. July 1951 - January 1966 Volume I: Definition and Consolidation, 1 July 1951 - 4 December 1953
    OTR-6 The Office of Training, July 1951 - January 1966 Volume II: Growth and Development, 4 December 1953 - 1 July 1956
    OTR-7 The Office of Training, July 1951 - January 1966 Volume III: Management and Support
    OTR-8 The Office of Training, July 1951 - January 1966 Volume IV: The Intelligence School, 1 July 1956 - 1 January 1966
    OTR-9 The Office of Training, July 1951 - January 1966 Volume V: Language and Area School and the School of International Communism, 1 July 1956 - 1 January 1966
  • OTR-10 The Operations School
  • OTR-11 The Junior Officer Training Program, 1950 - 1966
  • OTR-12 [Unknown Title]
  • History of Personal Affairs Branch

    Office of Finance

    Directorate of Science & Technology Histories

    National Photographic Interpretation Center

    NPIC-1 National Photographic Interpretation Center, Volume One, Antecedents and Early Years, 1952-56
    NPIC-3 National Photographic Interpretation Center The Years of Project HTAUTOMAT, 1956-1958, Vols. 1-6
    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

    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)
    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
    The Long Range Plan of the Central Intelligence Agency
    "Zendebad, Shah!": The Central Intelligence Agency and the Fall of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, August 1953

    Uncompleted Projects

    History Drafts and Miscellaneous Documents

    Other Identified Volumes

  • MISC-20 Eisenhower and Reconnaissance
  • MISC-27 CIA Relations with [Redacted]
  • Sources

    Declassifying CIA's Internal Histories
    DDI HISTORICAL PROGRAM
    CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM 1 JANUARY 1972 - 31 DECEMBER 1972
    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
    COMPLETION OF THE CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM
    EVALUATION OF WRITERS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CS HISTORICAL PROGRAN
    OMS HISTORIES ON CADRE
    THE CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM, 1ST HALF FY 72 1 JULY 1971-31 DEC 1971 (SUPPORT DIRECTORATE)
    THE CIA HISTORY PROGRAM
    THE CLANDESTINE SERVICE HISTORICAL PROGRAM, STATUS AND PLANNING