CIA to host Society for Military History
 
The Central Intelligence Agency will host the Society for Military History's
63rd Annual Meeting,
April 18-21, 1996 at the Key Bridge Marriott, Rosslyn, Virginia.
 
As host, the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence has chosen the
theme, "Intelligence and
National Security in Peace, Crisis, and War."  Over the next three years the
United States will
mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Office of Stratergic Services
(OSS) in 1945, Harry
Truman's creation of the Central Intelligence Group in 1946, and its
transformation into the CIA
by the National Security Act of 1947.
 
Prospective papers--which may treat the meeting's theme in any historical
period or area--
include such topics as the tactical and strategic uses of intelligence,
intelligence in defense
policy and politics, comparative studies of intelligence services,
counterintelligence operations
and spy scandals, controversies between civilian and military intelligence
establishments, the
military's role in covert action operations, and the variety of intelligence
collection methods, such
as human intelligence, signal and communication intelligence, and satellite
imagery.
 
As in the past, in addition to topics focusing on the meeting's theme,
PAPERS AND PANELS ON
OTHER MILITARY HISTORY SUBJECTS IN ANY PERIOD OR PLACE ARE ALSO WELCOME.
 
To propose either a complete session or individual paper you should submit a
one-page abstract
for each paper, a one page statement ofsession purpose for a panel, and a
brief vita for each
presenter.  Proposals should be sent by November first to:
 
 Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner, SMH
1996 Program Coordinator,
History Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington DC 20505
w (703) 351-2621 / (703) 522-9280 fax