The History of the Counter Intelligence Corps
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The History of the Counter Intelligence Corps was a classified
30 volume book prepared in the late 1950s by Major Ann Bray and others at the United States Army Intelligence Center
and printed in 1959. The document contains the history of the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps
(CIC) until 1950. A declassified
(sanitized) version of the official history is now available to researchers at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA).
Volume XXX of the book has been published by Hanlim University, Korea
as US Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC - Korea) Archives. http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/cic.htm
A 18 part series of declassified documents edited by John Mendelsohn and titled Covert Warfare: Intelligence, counterintelligence, and military deception during the World War II era
was published in 1989. Part 11 was also named The History of the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC).
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30 volume book prepared in the late 1950s by Major Ann Bray and others at the United States Army Intelligence Center
United States Army Intelligence Center
The United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence is the United States Army's school for professional training of military intelligence personnel...
and printed in 1959. The document contains the history of the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps
Counter Intelligence Corps
The Counter Intelligence Corps was a World War II and early Cold War intelligence agency within the United States Army. Its role was taken over by the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in 1961 and, in 1967, by the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency...
(CIC) until 1950. A declassified
Sanitization (classified information)
Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document or other medium, so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. When dealing with classified information, sanitization attempts to reduce the document's classification level, possibly yielding an unclassified...
(sanitized) version of the official history is now available to researchers at the National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives...
(NARA).
Volume XXX of the book has been published by Hanlim University, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
as US Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC - Korea) Archives. http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/cic.htm
A 18 part series of declassified documents edited by John Mendelsohn and titled Covert Warfare: Intelligence, counterintelligence, and military deception during the World War II era
Covert Warfare (book)
Covert Warfare: Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Military Deception During the World War II Era is an eighteen volume book edited by John Mendelsohn and published in 1989 by Garland....
was published in 1989. Part 11 was also named The History of the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC).
External links
- CSI bulletin no. 11 at the CIA site cia.gov
- Extract from the History of the Counter Intelligence Corps, Volume XX, concerning the activities of Michel ThomasMichel ThomasMichel Thomas was a polyglot linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II...