War Information Office organization
also: IB, Office of War, OWI, PIO, the Office of War Information
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Claims (18)
War Information Office acquired
Foreign Broadcast Information Division documented
document
“With the advent of World War II it was absorbed by the Office of War…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.270
War Department acquired
War Information Office documented
document
“On December 30 1945 the Service was transferred to the War Department.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.243
War Information Office located_in
Washington, D.C. documented
document
“In addition to its central Washington headquarters the Office of War Information maintained offices in New York and San Francisco for the pe formance of certain of its functions…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.245
War Information Office located_in
New York City documented
document
“In addition to its central Washington headquarters the Office of War Information maintained offices in New York and San Francisco for the pe formance of certain of its functions…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.245
War Information Office located_in
San Francisco documented
document
“In addition to its central Washington headquarters the Office of War Information maintained offices in New York and San Francisco for the pe formance of certain of its functions…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.245
War Information Office located_in
London documented
document
“In addition to various shifting outposts overseas a major control facility was established in London…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.245
Special Departmental Unit worked_for
War Information Office documented
document
“The Unit received and analyzed reports from the FBI the State Department the Office of War Information and the Office of Strategic Services…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.426
Ellis M. Zacharias worked_for
War Information Office documented
document
“was assigned to the Office of War Information at the time of the Japanese surrender…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.130
Robert E. Sherwood headed
War Information Office documented
document
“When OSS was created Sherwood became director of overseas operations at the Office of War Information…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.151
Elmer Davis headed
War Information Office documented
document
“Elmer Davis director of OWI became our champion…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.225
War Information Office did_business_with
Special Warfare Branch documented
document
“We worked in the closest and most harmonious cooperation with OWI which was the sole vehicle for the dissemination of our material…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.225
War Information Office did_business_with
British Ministry of Information documented
document
“Through cooperative arrangements with the Office of War Information the British Ministry of Information and the British Broadcasting Corporation editors of the Service were assigned to overseas posts maintained by those agencies to select m…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.243
War Information Office did_business_with
BBC documented
document
“Through cooperative arrangements with the Office of War Information the British Ministry of Information and the British Broadcasting Corporation editors of the Service were assigned to overseas posts maintained by those agencies to select m…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.243
C.D. Jackson member_of
War Information Office host_asserted
“someone like C.D. Jackson, because he worked in the Office of War Information, which is basically the precursor to the psychological warfare that got better developed after World War II. So you have, like, we're very familiar with USAID. Th…”
▶ Operation Gladio Indonesia Part 5 @ 1:49:53
Jean-Marie Bouteiller headed
War Information Office host_asserted
“So the PIO was headed by a major Jean-Marie Boutereau, B-O-U-G-E-R-O-L. During the mid-late 1970s, when the PIO was at its peak, he was in regular contact with both the Academy and the Circle. The PIO had been set up to watch Belgium's defe…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Strange Tales of the ParaPolitical Part 5 @ 58:59
William Pawley appointed
War Information Office host_asserted
“Before there was a CIA. Correct. Oh, and of course, she has one other husband, a guy by the name of William S. Paley. He's the guy who built CBS from just a regional bunch of stations to the National Powerhouse. And in World War II, he woul…”
▶ The Shadow State 52 Scroll & Key Pt. 2 @ 38:24
Paul Latinus recruited
War Information Office host_asserted
“government of Belgium spying on its own people and managing the media. Unofficially, it was used to mount an aggressive counterintelligence targeting anyone that they believed did not have mainstream ideas and bore a lot of resemblance to t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Strange Tales of the ParaPolitical Part 5 @ 58:31
War Information Office member_of
Le Cercle host_asserted
“So the PIO was headed by a major Jean-Marie Boutereau, B-O-U-G-E-R-O-L. During the mid-late 1970s, when the PIO was at its peak, he was in regular contact with both the Academy and the Circle. The PIO had been set up to watch Belgium's defe…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Strange Tales of the ParaPolitical Part 5 @ 58:59
Mentions (11)
▶ 1:49:53
someone like C.D. Jackson, because he worked in the Office of War Information, which is basically the precursor to the psychological warfare that got better developed after World War II. So you have, like, we're very familiar with USAID. Th…
▶ 1:50:23
information agency that was created that is a CIA front as well. And this office of war information was the precursor to it during World War II. So if you look at the fact that he worked for Eisenhower in the psychological warfare division …
▶ 46:30
Office of War Information, where he read everything from Time Magazine to the encyclopedia. So Ho Chi Minh would sit in the offices of the American Office of War Information, which is basically Intel, in Kunming and read every single thing …
▶ 8:00
Bardasio had begun to work out of the headquarters of what was called the Department of Intelligence Services in the downtown area. Through Cantrell, Bardasio, and other Paraguayan, some policemen observed photographic equipment, radios, an…
▶ 33:24
Kim joined the War Information Office that while Bill Donovan would eventually turn into the OSS. Roosevelt's PhD dissertation in propaganda, yeah, propaganda in England's glorious revolution had been just the thing to appeal to Donovan who…
▶ 57:33
in this storyline. The Westland New Post had its origins in a host of fascist organizations established in Belgium during the 1970s. The author focuses on direct links to the Circle and the Academy, one of the earliest and most significant …
▶ 58:01
The Public Information Office, and again, this is in Belgium, was established in 1974, and it was part of the Belgian Army General Staff. It was supposedly an autonomous group. Officially, the PIO, Public Information Office, had two objecti…
▶ 58:31
government of Belgium spying on its own people and managing the media. Unofficially, it was used to mount an aggressive counterintelligence targeting anyone that they believed did not have mainstream ideas and bore a lot of resemblance to t…
▶ 58:59
So the PIO was headed by a major Jean-Marie Boutereau, B-O-U-G-E-R-O-L. During the mid-late 1970s, when the PIO was at its peak, he was in regular contact with both the Academy and the Circle. The PIO had been set up to watch Belgium's defe…
▶ 1:00:54
V-A-N-K-E-R-H-O-V-I-E-N, who also was affiliated with the Academy. There was indications that the funds that the VBN, excuse me, VDB provided funds for the FJ. This is during the same time frame that Black Baron was working closely with the…
▶ 38:24
Before there was a CIA. Correct. Oh, and of course, she has one other husband, a guy by the name of William S. Paley. He's the guy who built CBS from just a regional bunch of stations to the National Powerhouse. And in World War II, he woul…