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After the Allied victory, the U.S. government dis- banded the OSS on October 1, 1945. However, two branches were saved—Secret Intelligence, which dealt with foreign intelligence; and X-2, whose task was counterintelligence . In January 1946, President Harry S. Truman combined them to form the Central Intelligence Group (CIG). The National Security Act of 1947 turned the CIG into the independent CIA, no longer under the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The first CIA director was Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter. He had an easier job than “Wild Bill” Donovan, because many of the employees had al- ready been trained by the OSS. The agency now had

Major General William J. Donovan.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and National Counterterrorism Center.

T he N ational C ounterterrorism C enter

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