Frank Wisner: Difference between revisions

Wisner was recruited in 1947 by [[Dean Acheson]] to join the [[State Department]] to become the Deputy [[Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas]]. On June 18, 1948, the [[United States National Security Council]] approved NSC 10/2 which created the Office of Special Projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1945-50Intel/d292|title = Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945–1950, Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment - Office of the Historian}}</ref> On September 1, 1948, the office was formally established, although it was renamed to the [[Office of Policy Coordination]] (OPC) for obfuscation purposes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitrovich|first=Gregory|title=Undermining the Kremlin: America's Strategy to Subvert the Soviet Bloc, 1947–1956|date=2000|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0801437113|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w6TVdT-q7vcC&pg=PA20 20]|language=en}}</ref> Wisner was chosen to lead the OPC in the capacity of Assistant Director for Policy Coordination (ADPC).<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Karalekas|title=History of the Central Intelligence Agency|date=23 April 1976|workpublisher=[[Church Committee]]|page=[https://archive.org/stream/finalreportofsel04unit#page/34/mode/2up 34]}}</ref> The OPC initially received services from the CIA but was accountable to the State Department.<ref>[https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v26/actionsstatement Foreign Relations 1964–1968], Volume XXVI, Indonesia; Malaysia-Singapore; Philippines: Note on U.S. Covert Action Programs. United States Department of State.</ref>