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See the Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin CollectionĪerial intelligence collection platforms have played a critical role in US national security from the earliest beginnings of aviation. This release is the thirteenth and final release in the Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin series. This historical release includes: the Central Intelligence Bulletin reports from 2 January-30 June 1961 (2752 pages). The Kennedy PICL reports are available here The PICL, however, was the president's primary written intelligence source through the remainder of the Kennedy Administration. The Central Intelligence Bulletin continued to be produced as a separate publication until, when it was replaced by the National Intelligence Daily. The new version, called the President's Intelligence Checklist (PICL), was first delivered on 17 June 1961.

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The changes at the CIA following the Bay of Pigs included a format update for the president's daily intelligence report. The situation in Laos deteriorated, as the Communist Pathet Lao insurgency gained strength against the US-backed Royal Lao government. The year's reports were dominated by the worsening Congo crisis, with the fragmentation of the country widening despite the efforts of the United Nations, and US concern over the high tempo of Soviet testing of space vehicles and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The outnumbered invading force was quickly repelled by Castro's troops. In April, a group of CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs on the southern coast of Cuba with the goal of overthrowing the Fidel Castro regime and establishing an anti-Communist government.

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The new Kennedy Administration confronted a full array of international issues in 1961. The Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin grew longer than its predecessor over time with the addition of more items and more analysis, and would eventually contain more graphics as printing technology improved.

The new version, called the Current Intelligence Bulletin, began production on 28 February 1951, and this remained the format of the president's daily digest through Dwight Eisenhower's two terms, although it was retitled the Central Intelligence Bulletin in 1958. President Truman was pleased with the product, but a survey group commissioned by the National Security Council in 1949 was critical of the Daily Summary and issued several recommendations to improve it. At his direction, the Daily Summary began production in February 1946, and continued until February 1951. president to receive a daily intelligence digest. See The Nixon Collection (8 documents/331 pages).Ĭurrent/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection This article provides updated spellings elsewhere in parentheses. A profile of Lin Piao ( Lin Biao), Vice Chair of the CCP, prepared for this trip is also included in this collection however, Lin died in a plane crash five months before President Nixon’s visit.ġ CIA did not begin using the non-Romanization spelling of Beijing and Hangzhou until 1979. The profiles in this collection include Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman Mao Tse-tung ( Mao Zedong) and Premier Chou En-lai ( Zhou Enlai). This collection also includes leadership profiles-assessments that CIA provides US Presidents and other policymakers to assist them in understanding their foreign counterparts. This is the first time in fifty years CIA has made the atlas available to the public. The US government distributed more than 4,000 copies to government customers and non-government institutions and libraries, and sold 30,000 copies to the public for a short period after the trip for $5.25, or $35.19 in today’s dollars. Each guide included a brief history of the city, contemporary maps and photographs, and descriptions of geography, climates, and points of interest.ĬIA also produced an 82-page atlas of the PRC for President Nixon’s trip.

This small collection, consisting of three city guides, an atlas, and four leadership profiles, i s a subset of the materials CIA produced for President Nixon and National Security Adv isor Henry Kissinger in preparation for the seven-day visit.Ĭity guides were produced on Peking (Beijing), Shanghai, and Hang-Chou (Hangzhou) 1, as these cities were part of President Nixon’s tour of the PRC. Nixon’s February 1972 trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – a landmark event that preceded the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This collection marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard M.