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Sidney William Souers (March 30, 1892 – January 14, 1973) was an American military intelligence officer who was the first person to hold the office of Director of Central Intelligence, being head of the National Intelligence Authority, the direct predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency . From 1947 to 1949, Souers also served as ...
The result closely aligned with the recommendations of Souers’ section of the Eberstadt report. In addition, the directive established new a Central Intelligence Group (CIG), tasked with coordinating, planning, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence and overtly collected information and designated Admiral Sidney Souers as the first DCI.
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Jun 2, 2021 · Marking the 75th anniversary of the completion of Souers’s service as the first DCI (January 23, 1946–June 10, 1946), this article commemorates his leadership, which set the foundation for the modern CIA. Souers served as DCI for only six months, but his service to the agency extended well beyond his tenure in office.
Rear Admiral Sidney Souers and the Emergence of CIA’s Covert Action Authority Dr. Bianca Adair The Quiet Warrior Studies in Intelligence Vol. 65, No. 2 (Extracts, June 2021) Sidney William Souers’s official Navy portrait. In private business, he had entered the US Navy Reserve shortly before WWII; he would be assigned to
Almost 70 years ago, in the blistering cold of a January winter, President Truman hosted a small, secret ceremony at the White House to establish the new Central Intelligence Group (CIG)—the CIA’s institutional predecessor—and to swear in Admiral Sidney Souers as the first Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).
The U. S. census of April, 1930, finds Sidney Souers living in the household of his in-laws, the Dalgarns, at 1517 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans. Financially, things were not going well. The giddy 1920s were over and the nation’s economic paradigm had changed.
Jan 16, 1973 · ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15 — Rear Adm. Sidney W. Souers, U.S.N.R., retired, the first executive secretary of the National Security Council and the first director of a forerunner of the Central ...
