Harry Truman was the first U.S. president to receive a daily intelligence digest.
Sources
- A Fixation on Moles: James J. Angleton, Anatoliy Golitsyn, and the "Monster Plot" (cia.gov)
- https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/cia/Chapter%202%20--%20Truman%20and%20Eisenhower%20Launching%20the%20Process.htm (nsarchive2.gwu.edu)
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-02-26/all-presidents-secrets (foreignaffairs.com)
- https://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/about-us/news-releases/cia-releases-formerly-classified-documents-truman-administration/ (trumanlibraryinstitute.org)
- https://www.wglt.org/2018-09-11/the-cias-morning-briefing-how-a-president-starts-his-day (wglt.org)
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