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Sidney William Souers (March 30, 1892 – January 14, 1973) was an American military intelligence officer who was the first person to hold the office of Director of Central Intelligence, being head of the National Intelligence Authority, the direct predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency.
Marking the 75th anniversary of the completion of Souers’s service as the first DCI (January 23, 1946–June 10, 1946), this article commemorates his leadership, which set the foun-dation for the modern CIA. Souers. Sidney William Souers’s oficial Navy portrait.
At a private White House lunch, President Harry Truman appointed Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, U.S. Naval Reserve, as the first Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). Given its purpose, the gathering was a remarkably lighthearted event.
Sidney Souers served as a critical founder of the CIA even after his tour as the director of central intelligence (DCI) and director of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG—the immediate successor of OSS) ended.
Souers was deputy director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, the first director of the Central Intelligence Group (predecessor of the CIA), and executive secretary of the National Security Council. A rear admiral, he was a close friend and advisor to Harry S Truman.
Truman appointed Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers as the first Director of Central Intelligence on January 23, 1946. 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.
16 de jan. de 1973 · ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15 — Rear Adm. Sidney W. Souers, U.S.N.R., retired, the first executive secretary of the National Security Council and the first director of a forerunner of the...
