LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM J. DONOVAN FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 12, 1950
• Content Type: LETTER

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12 January 2950
NOW York
Major General William J. Donovan
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My dear General Donovan;
The additional and correction ,l material which you
heave. suh1tted is now in the process of being
into the 063 War Report insofar as possible,and integrated
it is
hoped that the ProjectIl be brought to an early
conclusion
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of 29 December, this report h
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Sincerely,
sgd & disp via ER 1/12/50
R. H.. gILLEMO IM
Rear Adn.iral, 1JSX
Director of Central
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PONOVAN LEISURE NEWTON LU11IBARD & IRVINE
Two Wall Street
New York 5, N. Y.
October 19th 1949
Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Admiral Hillenkoetter:
ER 0-7039
I have your letter of October 5th, relative to
the OSS History.
In examining the history, I found certain errors
in the statement of facts. In order to make proper correction,
it has been necessary to obtain statements from Key personnel
of the OSS who had definite knowledge of the circumstances
surrounding the different operations.
This has been done and the statements are in
course of preparation. I have talked with Kermit Roosevelt
and will send the papers on to him as soon as they come into
my possession.
Sincerely yours,
signed - William J. Donovan
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PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
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rvices. This has been in ocoss t'or -,r
of the first draft, about ei teeo rcont . ago, a
was direotc,1 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
Joint. Chiefs of Staf'f'
f the Office of Strategic Services
1949
The C ntral Intelligence Group, the prel c,. s;?>or~ of this
history of the orga :iz3.tiou and operations of tb (XV-'ic+
cory was wont ton or Car ; a3. Wiiii atim J, )onov m, .tin cctor of
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rett d with General Donovan cc cants rw?ucn
d into a second draft at which
hav,A r rentl learned that ? feral r t n haS for rded to
cla3$tfied by the Joint Chiefs of atatf as
.10 Office of 3tsra' is s icc- was
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direct
man asked to see the second draft and to k fart e co? ts.
n, is second draft was 1\ ni zed C'ncr?1 Donovan -l e rmrl part of
this re, z.r4 so far `+rae have ht aa-z--3 '. othin,~ tu7 actr him
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3 ? 'ice of 3tratea;1 a Services, 'or. $his cam-=Vt.:.
;d rewrite.
other people separate voles a or t .e oi;atory Tor " rv i r
3. It is r ested that the Joint Chiefa
donee to the Central Inte' li nes A mercy in '$31 r 'sitar-artetner
Signed & dispatched by hand DCI
9/28/49
to wait until General Donovan returns a correcten- c rs , or
to press bin for a return in the i die futu e.
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