Special Defense Unit organization
also: Special DefenseUnit, the Special Defense Unit
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War Division succeeded
Special Defense Unit documented
document
“The War Division established on May 19 1942 superseded the Special Defense Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.228
Special Defense Unit subsidiary_of
Office of the Attorney General documented
document
“the Special Defense Unit organized in the Office of the Attorney General in April 194C…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.228
Hugo Black ordered_assassination_of
Special Defense Unit documented
document
“For your information the Attorney General on July 6 1943 ordered that the dangerousness classifications previously made by the Special Defense Unit shall not be used in the future…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.422