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Central Intelligence Agency Daily Summary Reports

Background

Before the Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) that began in 1964, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) published the Daily Summary Reports.

These reports began in February of 1946, and offered intelligence briefs from around the globe.

Below, you will find various issues of the Daily Summary’s, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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 Central Intelligence Agency Daily Summary Reports, The First 20 Ever Published [90 Pages, 13MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/CIA-DailySummary-First20.pdf

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