INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

Agencies

American

FBI - J. Edgar Hoover in charge

COI - (office of Coordinator of war Information); America's first agency for gathering foreign intelligence, est. 1941 by William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan; became the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in June of 1942; The COI/OSS had several divisions: the R&D (research and development) team was to invent weapons and strategies for the war effort; the MO (morale operations) created disinformation; the Labor division, to foment dissatisfaction among socialist groups in Europe; and the Secret intelligence (SI) and Special Operations (SO) divisions. "mild-mannered scholars and scientists were known as the Choirboys, and the field agents were the Cowboys." These were "younger men, rakehells who were calculatingly reckless, of disciplined daring and trained for aggressive action."

British

MI-5 - domestic affairs;

MI-6 - foreign affairs; secretive organization; all of its chiefs were known as "C"

"The 20 Committee" - a committee made up of MI-5 and MI-6 representatives, to create false information for its counter spies.

The SD (Sicherheitsdienst); or secret intelligence and security service of the Nazi party

The OKW (Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, the Armed Forces High Command)

The Abwehr - a branch of the OKW; focused on info on enemy military preparedness; run by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris

Detachment 101 of the OSS, carrying out guerilla warfare in Burma

"the Twelve Disciples" American secret agents in French North Africa, working before the U.S.' official involvement in the war, posing as "food control officers"; organizing local resistance movements.