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Sources and Methods Files, compiled 1941 - 2002 ARC Identifier 2635467 / MLR Number A1 210, A1 211 (...) Series from Record Group 226: Records of the Office of Strategic Services, 1919 - 2002 |
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| Creator(s): | Central Intelligence Agency. (12/04/1981 - ) (Most Recent)
National Intelligence Authority. Central Intelligence Group. (01/22/1946 - 09/18/1947) (Predecessor) Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. (06/13/1942 - 10/01/1945) (Predecessor) Office of the Coordinator of Information. (07/11/1941 - 06/13/1942) (Predecessor) War Department. Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. Strategic Services Unit. (09/1945 - 10/19/1946) (Predecessor) |
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| Type(s) of Archival Materials: | Architectural and Engineering Drawings Maps and Charts Photographs and other Graphic Materials Textual Records |
| Contact(s): |
National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (Military) (RD-DC-2-MIL), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3510; FAX: 301-837-1752; EMAIL: Archives2reference@nara.gov. |
| Other Title(s): | OSS Previously Withdrawn Records Previously Withdrawn Material |
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| Inclusive Dates: | 1941 - 2002 |
| Date Note: | Although the Central Intelligence Agency maintained these records until 2002, the records date from 1941 to 1947. |
| Part Of: | Record Group 226: Records of the Office of Strategic Services, 1919 - 2002 |
| Arrangement: | Unarranged. |
| Function and Use: | This series was created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its predecessors to combine withdrawn material from many other series of Office of Strategic Services (OSS) records. |
| Access Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Use Restriction(s): | Restricted - Possibly Most government records are in the public domain, however, this series includes commercial materials, such as newspaper clippings, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information. |
| General Note(s): | In 2002 the CIA released the last of these materials as the result of negotiations to implement the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act signed in October 1998 by President William J. Clinton. Based on exemptions for retaining materials under the National Security Act of 1947 and the Freedom of Information Act, these entries represent the main body of documents previously withheld from OSS/SSU materials opened by NARA from 1975 to 1996, and retained by the CIA in an artificial "Sources and Methods" file without organizing them by topic or activity. Initially withheld to protect individual sources, cooperative relationships with foreign governments, and methods of gathering intelligence used by OSS and SSU, the arrangement of materials in this series reflects the CIA's assignment of withdrawal numbers (WNs) to the documents earlier withheld from other accessions, and the release of these records by the CIA between 1998 and 2002. As a result, the records often appear out of numerical sequence, and segments of WNs that do appear in numerical sequence do not necessarily represent associated records. |
| Finding Aid Type: | Item List |
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| Finding Aid Note: | The DARE Printout, a list of items previously withdrawn by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) provides the following information: page number, withdrawal number, job number, box number, file number, and document number. Many entries include slight descriptions, summaries, or titles of documents. The meaning of "DARE" is unknown. |
| Finding Aid Source: | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY |
| Finding Aid Type: | Index |
| Finding Aid Note: | An index to the withheld documents from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Washington Director's Office includes descriptions of selected documents. The index is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes both the box number and specific withdrawal number for each document described. A copy is available in the research room. |
| Finding Aid Source: | NARA |
| Finding Aid Type: | Database |
| Finding Aid Note: | This database contains withdrawal numbers and the corresponding box numbers for documents in the series. The database is available in the research room. |
| Finding Aid Source: | NARA |
| Online Resource: | Records of the Office of Strategic Services |
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| Online Resource URL: | http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-226-oss/sources-and-methods-files.html |
| Online Resource Note: | A partial item list is available on this online resource. |
| Variant Control Number(s): | Agency Disposition Number: 79-332A Agency Disposition Number: 85-215R Agency Disposition Number: 91-1046R Agency Disposition Number: 91-1272R Agency Disposition Number: 91-209R Agency Disposition Number: 91-975R Agency Disposition Number: 92-1054R Agency Disposition Number: 92-373R Agency Disposition Number: 92-687R Agency Disposition Number: 92-905R Agency Disposition Number: 93-301R HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 210 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 211 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 212 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 213 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 214 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 215 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 216 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 217 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 218 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 219 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 220 |
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| Disposition Authority Number(s): | NN3-226-097-002 |
| Accession Number(s): | 79-00332A 85-0215R |
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