Office of Policy Coordination

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United States intelligence agency component covert government organization

The Office of Policy Coordination was a covert U.S. government organization during the early Cold War responsible for psychological warfare, propaganda, and other clandestine political operations abroad.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States intelligence agency component ⓘ covert government organization ⓘ
abbreviation	OPC ⓘ
activity	covert action programs in Europe ⓘ covert influence on foreign elections ⓘ psychological operations targeting the Soviet bloc ⓘ support for clandestine operations in Eastern Europe ⓘ support for exile and resistance groups ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council
dissolved	1952 ⓘ
employer	Frank Wisner ⓘ
fieldOfWork	covert operations ⓘ intelligence ⓘ political warfare ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ
firstDirector	Frank Wisner ⓘ
fundingSource	United States government covert funds ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War ⓘ
ideologicalFocus	anti-communism ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	NSC 10/2 directive ⓘ
mergedInto	Office of Strategic Services ⓘ surface form: Directorate of Plans
notableDirector	Frank Wisner ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the earliest U.S. Cold War covert action organizations ⓘ
operatedIn	early Cold War ⓘ
opponent	Soviet Union ⓘ international communism ⓘ
parentOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
partOf	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
primaryRole	covert political operations abroad ⓘ economic warfare ⓘ paramilitary operations ⓘ propaganda operations ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ support for anti-communist groups ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	integration of covert operations into CIA Directorate of Plans ⓘ
scope	foreign operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
supervisedBy	Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council
timePeriod	early 1950s ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	clandestine service ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NSC 10/2 directive → createdFor → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ

NSC 10/2 directive → established → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ

OPC → fullName → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination

Bureau of Consular Affairs → hasPart → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs

NSC 10/2 directive → implementedBy → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ

Office of Strategic Services → successor → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ