Ludwell Lee Montague | |
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CIG Acting Assistant Director of the Office of Reports and Estimates | |
In office 1946–1947 | |
Appointed by | Sidney Souers |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Chief of the Global Survey Group | |
In office 1947–1950 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
CIA Director for the production of National Estimates | |
In office 1950–? | |
Appointed by | Walter Bedell Smith |
President | |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 Aug 1907 Richmond, Virginia |
Died | 29 Feb 1972 (aged 64) Ware Neck, Virginia |
Resting place | Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery |
Alma mater | |
Military service | |
Branch/service | |
Rank | Colonel |
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.