Mathias F. Correa

Who is Mathias F. Correa?

Mathias F. Correa was a pioneer in U.S. intelligence, lawyer and prosecutor. Served as Acting United States Attorney and was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

He graduated Fordham University, 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 Martin T. Manton. During the Second World War, he worked in OSS counterintelligence in Italy. 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. After the War, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy; member, National Security Council Survey Committee.

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.