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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015

    #OTD 1945, 70 years ago, #OSS was dissolved. Office of Strategic Services — America’s First Intelligence Agency http://1.usa.gov/1jyJcaB 

    2:29 PM - 1 Oct 2015
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Before #WWII, collecting & disseminating intel was done by American foreign-policy experts & elements of the armed services. #OSS

        4 replies 41 retweets 35 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        America’s entry into #WWII, after intel failure of Pearl Harbor, led to #OSS being established on 13 June 1942.

        8 replies 35 retweets 39 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        President Roosevelt appointed William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, a highly decorated #WWI officer, as Director of the #OSS. cc @FDRLibrary

        4 replies 37 retweets 36 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Donovan’s #OSS combined research & analysis, covert ops, counterintel, espionage, & technical development—core missions of today’s CIA.

        2 replies 37 retweets 26 likes
      6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #OSS employed nearly 13,000 men & women at its peak & operated for a little more than 3 years, from 1942 to 1945.

        5 replies 28 retweets 24 likes
      7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #OSS helped shorten #WWII, save lives in Europe, N Africa & Asia, & left a legacy of daring & innovation that influenced US military & intel

        3 replies 36 retweets 25 likes
      8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        A month after Japan surrendered, President Truman signed an Executive Order terminating the #OSS. Order became effective October 1, 1945.

        2 replies 55 retweets 33 likes
      9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Functions of #OSS were split between @StateDept & Department of War, until Jan 1946 when Truman created the Central Intelligence Group. #CIG

        2 replies 46 retweets 59 likes
      10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        National Security Act of 1947 established 1st US permanent peacetime intel agency, CIA, taking up #OSS & #CIG roles. http://1.usa.gov/1jyJcaB 

        13 replies 59 retweets 56 likes
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      1. Johnny Six‏ @Johnyrocket69 1 Oct 2015
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        @CIA Get some foreign air defense weapons to the FSA. Putin bombed a bread line, mosque and medical facilities. What are you waiting for.

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      1. NEO G.L.§CRRUSSEL7L‏ @78Greenlantern 2 Oct 2015
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        @CIA... why not bring that division back and divide the responsibilities up making it easier on other depts to focus attention elsewhere.

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      1. Mark Collins‏ @Mark3Ds 1 Oct 2015
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        #CIA @CIA Replaced by Central Intelligence Group 1946 https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol39no5/pdf/v39i5a13p.pdf … @20committee #OSS

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      2. AIPIO‏ @AIPIO 1 Oct 2015
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        .IntellPills @CIA: #OTD 1945 #OSS was dissolved. Office of Strategic Services — America’s First Intelligence Agency http://1.usa.gov/1jyJcaB 

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      1. Zippyman818‏ @zippyman818 1 Oct 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA Julia Child joined OSS after finding that she was too tall to enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) or in the U.S. Navy's WAVES.

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      1. gzigoris‏ @gzigoris 1 Oct 2015
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        @CIA @tzbirdie each branch of the service had their intelligence service but they didn't share.

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      1. POINT 1 ARYAN BASE‏ @PointAryan 1 Oct 2015
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        @CIA in their (shh quiet) so called FEDERAL PART. "FEDERAL"? FEDERAL WHAT WITHOUT FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. FEDERAL ROBIN WITHOUT BATMAN RIGHTS

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