James Russell Forgan papers, 1945-1973.

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James Russell Forgan papers, 1945-1973.

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Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, and lists, relating to the operations of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the activities of the Veterans of OSS.

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Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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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...

Veterans of OSS.

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Forgan, James Russell, 1900-1974.

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Colonel, United States Army; assistant to the director of intelligence, Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1944; deputy commanding officer, European Theater of Operations, Office of Strategic Services, 1944-1945. From the description of James Russell Forgan papers, 1945-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870027 ...