The reader should be aware that Arthur B. Darling's history, The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Goverment, to 1950, has a definite and sometimes controversial point of view. Darling blames the State Department, the FBI, and what he terms the Military Establishment-- especially the heads of the military intelligence services--for much of the hardship which the early CIA (and its predecessor, the Central Intelligence Group) endured. He also heavily criticizes the Dulles--Jackson-- Correa Report of 1949, which held the Director of Central Intelligence responsible for a major and ongoing failure in intelligence coordination. Reportedly, Allen Dulles (chairman of the Dulles--Jackson--Correa Report) did not concur with Darling's conclusions and, when he became Director of Central Intelligence, restricted access to the history.
History Staff
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
August 1988
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Publication information:
Book title: The Central Intelligence Agency:An Instrument of Government, to 1950.
Contributors: Arthur B. Darling - Author.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Place of publication: University Park, PA.
Publication year: 1990.
Page number: xxv.
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