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| + | *[[William Quinn]] - Director<ref name="OSS226n">R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency, University of California Press, 1972, p.226n.</ref> | ||
*[[John A. Bross]] - head of SSU London.<ref name="aldrich83">Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.</ref> | *[[John A. Bross]] - head of SSU London.<ref name="aldrich83">Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.</ref> | ||
*[[Winston M. Scott]] - head of X2 Unit.<ref name="aldrich83">Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.</ref> | *[[Winston M. Scott]] - head of X2 Unit.<ref name="aldrich83">Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:27, 3 August 2012
The Strategic Services Unit was established after William Donovan's Deputy, General John Magruder secured an order from the US Assistant Secretary of War John McCloy on 26 October 1945, which established the unit, preserving some of the war-time operations of the Office of Strategic Services.[1]
People
- William Quinn - Director[2]
- John A. Bross - head of SSU London.[3]
- Winston M. Scott - head of X2 Unit.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.10.
- ↑ R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Intelligence Agency, University of California Press, 1972, p.226n.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.
