This is a reproduction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Factbook on Intelligence – with key events in CIA history, and an American intelligence overview. Contents include: · The Genesis of the CIA · Original Headquarters Building · Cornerstone Ceremony · Key Events in CIA's History · An Overview of American Intelligence Until World War II · Directors and Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence Agency · Directors and Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence · The D/CIA and his Principal Deputies · Vision, Mission, and Values of the Central Intelligence Agency · The Intelligence Cycle · The Intelligence Community · Executive Oversight of Intelligence · Legislative Oversight of Intelligence · The Buildings of CIA Headquarters · The Memorial Stars · The Office of Strategic Services Memorial · The Memorial Garden · The CIA Library · The Center for the Study of Intelligence · CIA Museum · CIA Medals · The CIA Seal The United States has carried on foreign intelligence activities since the days of George Washington, but only since World War II have they been coordinated on a government-wide basis. Even before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was concerned about American intelligence deficiencies — particularly the need for the State and War Departments to cooperate better and to adopt a more strategic perspective. In July 1941, Roosevelt appointed New York attorney William J. Donovan as the Coordinator of Information (COI) to direct the nation's first peacetime, non departmental intelligence organization. America's entry into World War II in December 1941 prompted new thinking about the place and role of the COI. As a result, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was established in June 1942 with a mandate to collect and analyze strategic information required by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to conduct special operations not assigned to other agencies. During the War, the OSS supplied policymakers with essential facts and intelligence estimates and of