Harry Truman was the first U.S. president to receive a daily intelligence digest, called the 'Daily Summary,' which began production in February 1946 and continued until February 1951.
Sources
- MK/ULTRA | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) (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://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/how-the-president-of-the-united-states-secret-daily-newspaper-began/ (thehistorypress.co.uk)
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