[Cryptography] Happy birthday, CIA!

[J.M. Porup]

* Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> [2020-09-18 06:33:24 +1000]:
> One of our favourite TLAs officially came into existence on this day in
> 1947; operating in the shadows so to speak, it was President Truman who
> signed the birth paper in July 1947 but was still kept secret (if that's not
> confusing enough).

Truman lived to regret his decision to create the American version of the KGB.
His 1963 op-ed makes that clear.

newspaper clip from the Washington Post:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000700550045-9.pdf

a more readable text only version:
https://archive.org/stream/LimitCIARoleToIntelligenceByHarrySTruman/Limit%20CIA%20Role%20To%20Intelligence%20by%20Harry%20S%20Truman_djvu.txt

regards,
jmp

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