CIA/OSS/FBI Socialists

[Michael Hoover]

> > >The OSS was a branch of the FBI that became an independent service, 
> > >the
> > >CIA. 
> 
> wrong, the OSS was established under the Joint Chiefs of Staff by
> order of Roosevelt on 6 June 1942...its predecessor was the Office
> of the Coordinator of Information which operated from 1941-42...
> perhaps the know-it-all who posted this has mistaken the OSS for
> the SIS - Special Intelligence Service, established in 1940 under
> the auspices of the FBI to do 'intelligence' work in Latin
> America...Michael Hoover

clarification: I meant to delete following in above:
> > the
> > CIA

I was commenting on first line...Michael Hoover

btw: any listers have info on Ho Chi Minh working for OSS in Indochina
during WW2?