![]() ![]() However, as tensions grew with the Soviet Union, many within the OSS were determined to keep it intact. From the onset, the OSS was intended to be a temporary agency with plans to dissolve it upon the end of the War. The CIA grew out of a wartime agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was established to help win World War II. ![]() ![]() Yet even during Truman’s own presidency, the CIA did evolve to become much more than a news agency for the President as covert operations began in earnest early in the agency’s history. However, when Truman established the organization in 1947, he envisioned something much different - a sort of daily newspaper, informing him of developments around the world that could impact American policy. The CIA evokes images of clandestine activity, spies hiding in corners and covert overthrow of unfriendly government regimes. National History Day Workshops from the National Archives.Electing Our Presidents Teacher Workshop.Collection Policy and Donating Materials.An Ordinary Man, His Extraordinary Journey. ![]()
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