Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

Roosevelt sent Donovan to London with orders to
develop this program, as an "unofficial observer".
Despite efforts at secrecy, there was widespread
journalistic speculation about his mission for Roosevelt.
He then made a tour of southeast Europe for the
President, gauging the status of the German occupied
countries. Although this was an obvious espionage
mission, the Germans placed no obstacles in his path.
They were anxious to maintain good relations with the
United States.
After Donovan delivered his report to the President, he
was named Coordinator of Information by the White
House. Because he had had no experience in
propaganda work, the office was later split into the Office
of War Information (OWI), Executive Order 9128, and the
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Military Order of June
13, 1942. Donovan was placed in charge of the OSS.
The "new" agency was from the outset merely an outpost
of British Intelligence. On Sept. 18, 1941, Col. E.I. Jacob,
Churchill's military secretary, was informed by Maj.
Desmond Morton Church, Churchill's liason with the
British secret service:
"Another most secret fact of which the Prime Minister is aware is that to all
intents and purposes U.S. Security is being run for them at the President's
request by the British. A British officer sits in Washington with Mr. Edgar
Hoover and General Bill Donovan for this purpose. It is of course essential
that this fact should not be known."
For some months, Donovan had been living in a suite at
the St. Regis Hotel in New York. He and William