![]() 1ĬIA’s early use of its new covert action mandateĭissatisfied officials at the Departments of State and Defense. Part because the Agency controlled unvouchered funds, by which operations couldīe funded with minimal risk of exposure in Washington. The Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA)Ĭertainly was a natural choice but it was assigned this function at least in Time the principle that covert action was an exclusively Executive Branchįunction. ![]() ![]() Intelligence responsible for psychological warfare, establishing at the same The new National Security Council to authorize, in NSC 4–A of December 1947, the launching of peacetime covert action The Truman administration’s concern over Soviet “psychological warfare” prompted Management of Covert Actions in the Truman Presidency Itĭescribes, on the basis of previously-declassified documents, the changing andĭeveloping procedures during the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Presidencies. Government, the following note is offered. foreign policy were plannedĪnd approved within the U.S. Special intelligence operations in support of U.S. To provide readers with some organizational context on how covert actions and Policy decisions and actions, the editors have sought to present essentialĭocuments regarding major covert actions and intelligence activities. In the Foreign Relations series comprehensive documentation on major foreign In compliance with the Foreign Relations of the United States statute to include Covert Actions and Counter-Insurgency Programs
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