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.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CIA's own historical records, National Security Archive, Foreign Affairs, and History Press, with consistent dates and details across independent sources. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
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- FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY A 40-YEAR TRADITION OF ... (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/cia/Chapter%202%20--%20Truman%20and%20Eisenhower%20Launching%20the%20Process.htm (corroboration)
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-02-26/all-presidents-secrets (corroboration)
- https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/how-the-president-of-the-united-states-secret-daily-newspaper-began/ (corroboration)