Office of Special Operations organization
also: OSO
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Office of Policy Coordination merged_with
Office of Special Operations documented
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“At this same time the Officeof Policy Coordination (OPC) was merged with the CIA's Officeof SpecialOperations which was responsiblefor espionage…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.57
Office of Special Operations merged_with
CIA documented
document
“At this same time the Officeof Policy Coordination (OPC) was merged with the CIA's Officeof SpecialOperations which was responsiblefor espionage…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.57
CIA founded
Office of Special Operations documented
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“The transfer resulted in the establishment of the Office of Special Operations (OSO)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.110
Office of Special Operations subsidiary_of
CIA documented
document
“The transfer resulted in the establishment of the Office of Special Operations (OSO)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.110
Office of Special Operations merged_with
Office of Policy Coordination documented
document
“In August 1952 OSO and OPC were merged into the Directorate for Plans (DDP)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.116
Office of Special Operations split_off_from
Directorate for Plans documented
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“In August 1952 OSO and OPC were merged into the Directorate for Plans (DDP)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.116
Walter Bedell Smith merged_with
Office of Special Operations documented
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“He decided to merge OPC with the CIA's Office of Special Operations.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.153
Defense Intelligence Agency acquired
Office of Special Operations documented
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“The functions of the Office of Special Operations ... were absorbed by DIA.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
Office of Special Operations subsidiary_of
Office of the Secretary of Defense documented
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“The functions of the Office of Special Operations ... the small intelligence arm of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) ... were absorbed by DIA.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.333
CIA founded
Office of Special Operations documented
document
“The transfer resulted in the establishment of the Office of Special Operations (OSO)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.20
Special Procedures Group member_of
Office of Special Operations documented
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“On December 22 the Special Procedures Group was established within the CIA's Office of Special Operations to carry out psychological operations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.34
Office of Special Operations member_of
CIA documented
document
“On December 22 the Special Procedures Group was established within the CIA's Office of Special Operations to carry out psychological operations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.34
Office of Policy Coordination merged_with
Office of Special Operations documented
document
“By 1952 when it merged with the Agency's clandestine collection component the Office of Special Operations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.37
Lyman Kirkpatrick headed
Office of Special Operations documented
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“In 1952 the outright hostility between the two organizations in Bangkok required the direct intervention of the Assistant Director for Special Operations Lyman Kirkpatrick…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.43
Office of Special Operations merged_with
Office of Policy Coordination documented
document
“Merged with OPC in 1952 to form the Directorate for Plans…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.113