To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security.
Act of July 26, 1947 (“National Security Act”)
Signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1947, the National Security Act would establish the Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the National Security Council.
Source: research.archives.gov
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