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Following the dissolution of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the State Department formed the Interim Research and Intelligence Service (IRIS) by combining the OSS research and analysis function with its existing analytical office, while the War Department formed the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) from the clandestine side of the OSS.
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- The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... www.govinfo.gov via serper
- History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org via serper