R. Harris Smith papers 1934-1995

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R. Harris Smith papers 1934-1995

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Correspondence and writings, relating to operations of the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and to Allen Dulles and postwar operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Includes research material for the book by R. H. Smith, entitled OSS : The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley, 1972); and a draft biography of Allen Dulles, entitled "Spy-Master's Odyssey: The Secret Service of Allen Dulles."

13 manuscript boxes; (5.4 linear feet)

eng,

Hoover Institution Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6655589

Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

Smith, R. Harris (Richard Harris), 1946-

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American historian. From the description of R. Harris Smith papers, 1934-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870897 Biographical Note American historian. From the guide to the R. Harris Smith papers, 1934-1995, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969

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Allen W. Dulles, nephew of Robert Lansing, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State, and brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was a lawyer, foreign-service officer, and intelligence official. He served with the United States Office of Strategic Services in Bern, Switzerland during World War II, during which he penetrated the German Foreign Ministry Office and the "July 1944" anti-Hitler conspirators. In 1947 he helped draft the National Security Act, which created the Central Intelligenc...