Strategic Services Unit

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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]

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  1. Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.10.
  2. Richard J. Aldrich, The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence, Overlook Press, 2002, p.83.