Strategic Services Unit
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The Strategic Services Unit was a post–World War II U.S. intelligence organization within the War Department that preserved and continued many of the Office of Strategic Services’ espionage and analysis functions before the creation of the CIA.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States intelligence agency ⓘ |
| activity |
collection of human intelligence
ⓘ
collection of signals and communications intelligence ⓘ maintenance of overseas intelligence networks ⓘ production of intelligence reports ⓘ |
| areaOfOperations |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| classification | secret organization at time of operation ⓘ |
| continuedFrom | Office of Strategic Services ⓘ |
| contributedToFormationOf | Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedInto | Central Intelligence Group ⓘ |
| employed | former Office of Strategic Services personnel ⓘ |
| employedTypeOfPersonnel |
field operatives
ⓘ
intelligence analysts ⓘ linguists and area specialists ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from wartime to peacetime U.S. intelligence structure ⓘ |
| influenced | early structure of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalStatus | component of the United States Army ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedFunctionOf |
Research and Analysis Branch
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch
Office of Strategic Services counterintelligence activities ⓘ Office of Strategic Services espionage operations ⓘ |
| notableRole | bridging Office of Strategic Services and Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod | post–World War II ⓘ |
| oversightBy |
United States Department of War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
|
| parentOrganization |
United States Department of War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
|
| partOf |
United States Department of War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
|
| predecessor | Office of Strategic Services ⓘ |
| purpose |
conduct foreign espionage
ⓘ
preserve U.S. strategic intelligence capabilities after World War II ⓘ produce strategic intelligence analysis ⓘ support U.S. military and foreign policy planning ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Intelligence Group
ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ |
| sector |
covert operations
ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ military intelligence ⓘ strategic analysis ⓘ |
| startTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Assistant Secretary of War ⓘ |
| successor | Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| timeOfEvent | dissolution in the late 1940s ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | temporary intelligence organization ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructureOf |
former Office of Strategic Services archives and files
ⓘ
former Office of Strategic Services field stations ⓘ |
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