Tom Griffin on intelligence history

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CIA Office of Special Operations (OSO)

CIA Office of Special Operations (OSO)

US clandestine collection 1946-52

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Oct 06, 2023
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The Office of Special Operations was a component of the Central Intelligence Group, and later the Central Intelligence Agency, responsible for foreign intelligence collection between 1946 and 1952, when it merged with the Office of Policy Coordination to form the Directorate of Plans.

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