Mathias F. Correa

Mathias F. Correa was a pioneer in U.S. intelligence, lawyer and prosecutor (1910–1963). Served as Acting United States Attorney (March 1941-July 1941) and was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (July 1941-June 10, 1943)(Manhattan). He graduated Fordham University, A.B., 1931 and Columbia University, LL.B., 1934.^[1] As an Assistant United States Attorney, he was a member of the trial team in the prosecution of former United States Circuit Judge Martin T. Manton.^[2] During the Second World War, he worked in OSS counterintelligence in Italy.^[3] Later, holding the rank of Major, he was a liaison between the U.S. Army and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal and was present for the raising of the flag at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.^[4] After the War, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy; member, National Security Council Survey Committee.^[5] With Allen Dulles and William H. Jackson, he was appointed by President Truman to conduct a study of the newly-created CIA and co-authored a report to the National Security Council on the CIA and the National Organization for Intelligence.^[6] He was a partner at the firm later known as Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 1946–1963 and argued before the Supreme Court as lead counsel for Colgate Palmolive in U. S. v. Procter & Gamble Co. ^[7]

References

1. ^ Archives, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
2. ^ United States v. Manton 107 F.2d 834 (2d Cir. 1939).
3. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/US%20Intelligence%20Community%20Reform%20Studies%20Since%201947.pdf 8
4. ^ Iwo Jima, R.F.Newcomb & H. Schmidt (Henry Holt 1965), p. 166
5. ^ http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1945-50Intel/persons
6. ^ The Central Intelligence Agency, history and documents, W.M. Leary (U. of Ala. Press 1984), 5, 134
7. ^ 356 U.S. 677 (1958).