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President Roosevelt appointed William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, a highly decorated
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#OSS combined research & analysis, covert ops, counterintel, espionage, & technical development—core missions of today’s CIA. -
#OSS employed nearly 13,000 men & women at its peak & operated for a little more than 3 years, from 1942 to 1945. -
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A month after Japan surrendered, President Truman signed an Executive Order terminating the
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#OSS were split between@StateDept & Department of War, until Jan 1946 when Truman created the Central Intelligence Group.#CIG -
National Security Act of 1947 established 1st US permanent peacetime intel agency, CIA, taking up
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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#OSSThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA:#OTD 1945#OSS was dissolved. Office of Strategic Services — America’s First Intelligence Agency http://1.usa.gov/1jyJcaB
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@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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA in their (shh quiet) so called FEDERAL PART. "FEDERAL"? FEDERAL WHAT WITHOUT FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. FEDERAL ROBIN WITHOUT BATMAN RIGHTSThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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