William Donovan was a veteran of World War I and an aficionado of intelligence who was sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Europe in 1940 to assess the stability of Britain and in the spring of 1941 to gather information on Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

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• Person: Not available Organization: U.S. Government Publishing Office
  The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ...

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• The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... www.govinfo.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office via serper

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• World War I event
• Britain location
• Europe location
• William Joseph Donovan entity
• Franklin D. Roosevelt entity