OPC

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covert United States government organization intelligence organization

OPC is the acronym for the Office of Policy Coordination, a covert U.S. government organization that oversaw psychological and paramilitary operations during the early Cold War.

Aliases (1)

Office of Policy Coordination ×46

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	covert United States government organization → intelligence organization →
activityType	covert operations → paramilitary operations → psychological operations →
alsoKnownAs	OPC →
conflict	Cold War →
country	United States →
createdBy	National Security Council directive NSC 10/2 →
createdUnder	Truman administration →
dissolved	1952 →
era	post–World War II period →
establishedAfter	National Security Act of 1947 →
focus	containment of Soviet influence → psychological influence campaigns → support of foreign political movements →
fullName	Office of Policy Coordination →
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
historicalPeriod	Cold War →
ideologicalOrientation	anti-communist →
inception	1948 →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
legalBasis	NSC 10/2 →
mainFunction	covert paramilitary operations → political warfare → propaganda operations → psychological warfare operations → support for anti-communist groups →
mandate	conduct covert operations against hostile foreign states and movements →
mergedInto	Directorate of Plans →
notableDirector	Frank Wisner →
notablePersonnel	Allen Dulles → Frank Wisner →
operatedIn	early Cold War →
oversightBy	National Security Council →
parentOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency →
partOf	Central Intelligence Agency →
predecessor	early CIA special operations elements →
reasonForDissolution	integration with CIA covert operations under Directorate of Plans →
reportingTo	Director of Central Intelligence →
scopeOfOperations	international →
shortName	OPC →
subsequentOrganization	CIA Directorate of Plans →
successor	CIA Directorate of Plans →
typeOfSecrecy	highly classified →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office of Policy Coordination →	abbreviation
Office of Policy Coordination →	alsoKnownAs
Office of Policy Coordination →	shortName