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44. A Secret US Intelligence Organization: Mysteries of the Pond with Dr. Mark Stout

SPYCRAFT 101

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The CIA and the OSS - What's Going On?

John Grumbock's network was a contractor for the State Department. The CIA took over that contract in 1951 and ran it until 1955, at which point they got tired of things. They also became less and less impressed with the quality of the reporting from the organization. A bunch of things led to the agency eventually ending that contract.

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