Office of Policy Coordination

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The Office of Policy Coordination was a covert U.S. government organization during the early Cold War responsible for psychological warfare, propaganda, and other clandestine political operations abroad.

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instanceOf United States intelligence agency component ⓘ
covert government organization ⓘ
abbreviation OPC ⓘ
activity covert action programs in Europe ⓘ
covert influence on foreign elections ⓘ
psychological operations targeting the Soviet bloc ⓘ
support for clandestine operations in Eastern Europe ⓘ
support for exile and resistance groups ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy National Security Council ⓘ
dissolved 1952 ⓘ
employer Frank Wisner ⓘ
fieldOfWork covert operations ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ
political warfare ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
firstDirector Frank Wisner ⓘ
fundingSource United States government covert funds ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War ⓘ
ideologicalFocus anti-communism ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasis NSC 10/2 directive ⓘ
mergedInto Directorate of Plans ⓘ
notableDirector Frank Wisner ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest U.S. Cold War covert action organizations ⓘ
operatedIn early Cold War ⓘ
opponent Soviet Union ⓘ
international communism ⓘ
parentOrganization Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
partOf Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
primaryRole covert political operations abroad ⓘ
economic warfare ⓘ
paramilitary operations ⓘ
propaganda operations ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
support for anti-communist groups ⓘ
reasonForDissolution integration of covert operations into CIA Directorate of Plans ⓘ
scope foreign operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
supervisedBy Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
timePeriod early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
typeOfOrganization clandestine service ⓘ

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Office of Strategic Services → successor → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
Bureau of Consular Affairs → hasPart → Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Office of Policy Coordination
Office of Policy Coordination → fullName → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
subject linked to: OPC
NSC 10/2 directive → established → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
NSC 10/2 directive → createdFor → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
NSC 10/2 directive → implementedBy → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
Directorate of Plans → precededBy → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
Directorate of Plans → integrated → Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ