Mathias F. Correa (March 4, 1910 – December 5, 1963) was a pioneer in U.S. intelligence, lawyer and prosecutor. Served as Acting

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(March–July 1941) and was appointed by President

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(July 1941 – June 10, 1943). He graduated from

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, A.B., 1931 and Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1934. As an Assistant United States Attorney, he was a member of the trial team in the prosecution of former United States Circuit Judge

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. During the

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, he worked in

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counterintelligence in Italy. Later, holding the rank of major, he was a liaison between the U.S. Army and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and was present for the raising of the flag at

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. After the War, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy; member, National Security Council Survey Committee. With

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and William H. Jackson, he was appointed by President

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to conduct a study of the newly created CIA and co-authored a report to the

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on the CIA and the National Organization for Intelligence. He was a partner at the firm later known as Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 1946 to 1963 and argued before the Supreme Court in '' United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.'' as lead counsel for

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. Correa died of an internal hemorrhage at United Hospital in

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, in 1963. He was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Mathias F. 1910 births 1963 deaths Fordham University alumni Columbia Law School alumni United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York People associated with Cahill Gordon & Reindel Cuban emigrants to the United States