Naoki OHNO
   Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies
   Position   Associate Professor
Language Japanese
Publication Date 2005/03
Type
Title William Donovan's Plan for Establishing a Permanent Intelligence Organization
Contribution Type Single author
Journal master's thesis
Journal TypeJapan
Publisher Kyoto University
Details The United States established the CIA after World War II. The key person who most strongly expressed the need for it was William Donovan, who led a wartime intelligence agency named the OSS during the Second World War, the predecessor of the CIA. Discussing the background of Donovan's plan for establishing a central intelligence agency and the problems that Donovan faced, this thesis reveals the process of establishing the postwar US intelligence community.