Office of Coordinator of Information organization
also: COI, Office of Coordinator of Informtion
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Claims (6)
Strategic Services Unit split_off_from
Office of Coordinator of Information documented
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“A year after its creation when the United States was embroiled in war with Germany and Japan the Office was renamed the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.11
Franklin D. Roosevelt founded
Office of Coordinator of Information documented
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“Acting on Donovan's advice Franklin Roosevelt established the Office of Coordinator of Informtion (COI) in the summer of 1941…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.11
William J. Donovan headed
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“COI with Donovan as Coordinator reported directly to the President…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.11
G. Edward Buxton headed
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“Heading Donovan's early staff was Colonel Edward Buxton ... who left his business in Rhode Island to become the [assistant] director of the COI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.151
David K. E. Bruce headed
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“David K E Bruce ... came to Washington to head COI's Special Activities Bruce (SAB) the agency's secret intelligence branch…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.151
M. P. Goodfellow headed
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“M P Goodfellow left his newspaper business to head the sabotage branch (Special Activities Goodfellow or SAG)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.151
Mentions (3)
▶ 13:23
As all important CIA assets are, he was both at CBS and Paramount. He produced his own radio show. Oh, my gosh. And then he worked at the Office of Coordinator of Information, which eventually turns into a CIA front. In the spring of 42, Cr…
▶ 1:09:44
Let me get to the article. Hold on just one second. I have so many tabs open. Okay, here it is. They had the things like the dash B. Hold on a second. Like they did in Ukraine, which is totally weird to me. They also had a thing called the …
▶ 1:10:20
And that basically dealt with NATO behind the scenes for the stay behind units. It was called Information Office. They also had, let's see, I had to open it up. Most of this stuff has all been deleted. You have to find most of this on the a…