National Intelligence Authority

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The National Intelligence Authority was a U.S. government body established after World War II to coordinate and oversee the nation’s foreign intelligence activities before the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government body ⓘ
intelligence oversight body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States foreign intelligence community ⓘ
category Defunct United States intelligence agency ⓘ
United States national security policy history ⓘ
chairperson Secretary of State ⓘ
composedOf Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
personal representative of the President ⓘ
coordinates foreign intelligence activities of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdByInstrument Presidential directive of 22 January 1946 ⓘ
Presidential letter to the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, 22 January 1946 ⓘ
dissolutionCause enactment of the National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
dissolved 1947-09-26 ⓘ
formedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
hasMainTask coordination of national intelligence activities ⓘ
establishing policies for foreign intelligence collection and analysis ⓘ
providing strategic direction to the Central Intelligence Group ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
historicalRole interim coordinating body between OSS and CIA ⓘ
inception 1946-01-22 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasis executive authority of the President ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate to ensure effective coordination of all foreign intelligence activities of the United States ⓘ
natureOfMembership cabinet-level officials and presidential representative ⓘ
oversaw Central Intelligence Group ⓘ
oversightOf interdepartmental intelligence coordination ⓘ
partOf United States national security apparatus ⓘ
precededBy Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
relatedTo National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
reorganizedInto Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
replacedBy National Security Council ⓘ
scope strategic and national-level intelligence ⓘ
shortName NIA ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ
successor United States Intelligence Board ⓘ
supersededBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
supervised Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II ⓘ
workedWith Navy Department ⓘ
State Department ⓘ
War Department ⓘ

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Central Intelligence Group → parentOrganization → National Intelligence Authority ⓘ
Central Intelligence Group → supervisedBy → National Intelligence Authority ⓘ
CIG → parentOrganization → National Intelligence Authority ⓘ
CIG → keyDocument → National Intelligence Authority Directive ⓘ
linked to: National Intelligence Authority
CIG → reportedTo → National Intelligence Authority ⓘ