Office of National Estimates

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The Office of National Estimates was a U.S. intelligence body within the CIA responsible for producing high-level national intelligence estimates during the Cold War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Office of National Estimates canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government organization ⓘ
intelligence agency component ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1973 ⓘ
employer Abbott Smith ⓘ
Hans Morgenthau ⓘ
Ray Cline ⓘ
Sherman Kent ⓘ
William Langer ⓘ
linked to: William L. Langer
fieldOfWork foreign policy ⓘ
intelligence analysis ⓘ
national security ⓘ
foundedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
hasRole coordinating interagency intelligence estimates ⓘ
integrating intelligence from multiple agencies ⓘ
providing intelligence support to senior U.S. policymakers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
historicalSignificance pioneered formal national intelligence estimating in the United States ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainFunction long‑range national security assessments ⓘ
production of National Intelligence Estimates ⓘ
strategic analysis of foreign threats ⓘ
notableDirector Sherman Kent ⓘ
William Langer ⓘ
linked to: William L. Langer
notableMember Abbott Smith ⓘ
Hans Morgenthau ⓘ
Ray Cline ⓘ
Sherman Kent ⓘ
operatedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
operationalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
parentOrganization Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
partOf Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
product National Intelligence Estimate ⓘ
Special National Intelligence Estimate ⓘ
replacedBy National Intelligence Council ⓘ
National Intelligence Officer system ⓘ
reportsTo Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
subordinateTo Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
subOrganizationOf Directorate of Intelligence ⓘ
usedBy Department of Defense ⓘ
Department of State ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Intelligence Council → predecessor → Office of National Estimates ⓘ
Sherman Kent → memberOf → Office of National Estimates ⓘ