MILITARY ORDER OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00022R000200100010-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 13, 1942
• Content Type: REGULATION

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MILITARY ORDER
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States and as Commander-in-Chief of the Arxy and Navy of the United States,
it is ordered as fo"glows
1. The office of Coordinator of Information established by Order of
July 11, 1941, exclusive of the foreign information activities transferred
to the Office of ,ar Information by Executive Order of June 13, 19,142, shall
hereafter be known as the Office of Strategic Services, and is hereby trans-
ferred to the jurisdiction of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2. The Office of Strategic Services shall perform the following duties:
a. Collect and analyze such strategic information as may be
required by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.
b. Plan and operate such special services as may be directed
by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff,
3. At the head of the Office of Strategic Services shall be a
Director of Strategic Services who shall be appointed by the President
and who shall ,,)orform his duties under the direction and supervision of
the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1 . E~i)..liam J. Donovan is hereby appointed d as Director of Strategic
Services.
The Order of July 11, 191a is hereby revoked.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Com nder-in-Chief.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 13, 1942.
(F. R. Doc. L2.5595; Filed, June 15, 1942; 12:21 p. m.}
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