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Ludwell Lee Montague

Ludwell Lee Montague
CIG Acting Assistant Director of the Office of Reports and Estimates
In office
1946–1947
Appointed bySidney Souers
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Chief of the Global Survey Group
In office
1947–1950
PresidentHarry S. Truman
CIA Director for the production of National Estimates
In office
1950–?
Appointed byWalter Bedell Smith
President
Personal details
Born8 Aug 1907
Richmond, Virginia
Died29 Feb 1972 (aged 64)
Ware Neck, Virginia
Resting placeWare Episcopal Church Cemetery
Alma mater
Military service
Branch/service
RankColonel
Battles/wars

Ludwell Lee Montague (1907–1972) was the first Chief of Reports and Estimates in the history of the United States intelligence community, remaining in this capacity in some form through World War II and into the early Cold War. He was a major architect of the United States intelligence system, being present during the creation of the Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI), and watching William J. Donovan transform it into a worldwide intelligence collection and propaganda agency.[1] He remained in the intelligence community following the dissolution of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the initial postwar period prior to the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 1946, he was placed by Sidney Souers in the command structure of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) as the Chief of its Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) staff.[2] In 1947, with the establishment of the CIA, he was made the first Chief of the CIA's Global Survey Group, in charge of worldwide estimates.[3] In 1950, he was made the chief of National Estimates.

  1. ^ "The Origins of National Intelligence Estimating - CSI". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  2. ^ Darling, Arthur B. (December 1953). "Chapter III: The Central Intelligence Group Beginnings Under Souers". catalog.archives.gov. THE DCI HISTORICAL SERIES. The Central Intelligence Agency, An Instrument of Government to 1950. CIA Historical Staff. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  3. ^ "Historical Documents - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-05.

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