EXECUTIVE ORDER 9312 DEFINING THE FOREIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: March 9, 1943
• Content Type: REGULATION

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SECURITY INFORMATION
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9312
DEFINING THE FOREIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I
of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public
Law 3514--77th Congress), and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy
and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. The Office of War Information will plan, develop, and exe-
cute all phases of the federal program of radio, press, publication, and
related foreign propaganda activities involving the dissemination of in-
formation. The program for foreign propaganda in areas of actual or
projected military operations will be coordinated with military plans
through the planning agencies of the War and Navy Departments, and shall
be subject to the approval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Parts of the
foreign propaganda program which are to be executed in a theater of
military operations will be subject to the control of the theater com-
mander. The authority, functions and duties of the Office of War Informa-
tion shall not extend to the Western Hemisphere, exclusive of the United
States and Canada.
2. The military order of June 13, 19142, establishing the Office
of Strategic Services, is hereby modified to the extent necessary to make
this order effective.
March 9, 19143.
( F. R. Doc. 143-3806; Filed, March 10, 19143; 3:25 p.m..),
(15609)
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This Executive Order expgl~~ain? the dutiee ofA the Offi}co of War
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p .ba1ii;ttion, and foreign propaganda aetiv -ti@gg invoivinj, 1i@pioilmin? -'
tion of Information, This ardor modifiep- the extent of OSS operations
ac o8tablil h? d in Item 2, the military order of 13 June 1942.
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Order #9312 from President F. D. Roosevelt;
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