Disambiguation evidence for OPC via surface form

"Office of Policy Coordination"


As subject (46)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Office of Policy Coordination".

Predicate Object
activityType covert operations
activityType paramilitary operations
activityType psychological operations
alsoKnownAs OPC
conflict Cold War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy NSC 10/2 directive
surface form: 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
focus psychological influence campaigns
focus 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
instanceOf covert United States government organization
instanceOf intelligence organization
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis NSC 10/2 directive
surface form: NSC 10/2
mainFunction covert paramilitary operations
mainFunction political warfare
mainFunction propaganda operations
mainFunction psychological warfare operations
mainFunction 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
notablePersonnel Frank Wisner
operatedIn early Cold War
oversightBy National Security Council of the United States
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
subsequentOrganization CIA Special Activities Division
surface form: CIA Directorate of Plans
successor Directorate of Plans
surface form: CIA Directorate of Plans
typeOfSecrecy highly classified