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Sidney William Souers (March 30, 1892 - January 14, 1973) was an American admiral and intelligence expert. He held the posts of: March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar , both meaning commander of the seas. ...

Rear Admiral Souers was appointed by President Harry S. Truman as the first Director of Central Intelligence on January 23, 1946. In the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCIA) serves within the Office of the Director of the National Intelligence (ODNI) as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. ... The National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... For the victim of Mt. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...


Prior to this, as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Souers had been one of the architects of the system that came into being with the President's directive. He had written the intelligence chapter of the Eberstadt Report, which advocated a unified intelligence system.


Toward the end of 1945, when the competing plans for a national intelligence system were deadlocked, Souers' views had come to the attention of the President, and he seems to have played a role in breaking the impasse.


Biographical sketch :

1892 Born Dayton, Ohio
1911-1912 Student at Purdue University
1914 A.B., Miami University
1920-1925 President, Mortgage & Securities Company, New Orleans
1922-1928 President and founder, First Joint Stock Land Bank
1925-1926 Executive, Piggly Wiggly Stores, Memphis
1925-1930 Executive Vice President, Canal Bank & Trust Company, New Orleans
1927-1930 Member, New Orleans Port Authority
1929 (April 29) Appointed Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve
1929-1934 Member, Board of Directors, Aviation Corporation
1930-1933 Vice President, Missouri State Life Insurance Company, St. Louis
1932-1940 U.S. Naval Reserve, Intelligence Officer, inactive status
1933-1973 Executive, General American Life Insurance Company
1940 (July 22) Called to active duty
1944 (July 24) Became Assistant Director, Office of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department
1945 (November 8) Designated Deputy Chief, Naval Intelligence, with the rank of Rear Admiral
1946 (January 23) Appointed Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Group
1946 (July 22) Relieved of active duty
1947-1950 Executive Secretary, National Security Council
1950-1953 Special Consultant to the President on military and foreign affairs
1973 Died, St. Louis, Missouri

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  • Truman Presidential Library (http://www.trumanlibrary.org/profile/viewpro.php?pid=199)
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Sidney Souers at AllExperts (214 words)
Sidney William Souers (March 30, 1892 - January 14, 1973) was an American admiral and intelligence expert.
Rear Admiral Souers was appointed as the first Director of Central Intelligence on January 23, 1946 by President Harry S. Truman.
Toward the end of 1945, when the competing plans for a national intelligence system were deadlocked, Souers' views had come to the attention of the President, and he seems to have played a role in breaking the impasse.
Sidney W. Souers (1769 words)
In general, their records during the Souers' period tend to be briefer and "drier" than in later periods, when a fuller record of the discussions (and eventually a transcript) were introduced.
Souers' problem was that the staff (and the funding) had to come from the State, War, and Navy Department, and there seems to have been a constant struggle to ensure a flow of qualified personnel to CIG.
During Souers' directorship, it had not been decided whether the Central Reports Staff should try to develop a separate research capability of its own or whether it would remain a small group of experts who would work closely with the departmental intelligence agencies, drawing on their resources and synthesizing their products.
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