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               May 5, 1944
 
Mr. Elmer Davis, Director
Office of War Information
Social Security Building
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Dear Mr. Davis:
 
     As a result of discussions between members of our respective staffs, the following
memorandum has been drawn up, setting forth the principles covering the proposed cooperative
program between our two organizations:
 
     "1.  OWI is responsible for the disseminiation of official American propaganda which
openly emanates from an American source (i.e., outside enemy or enemy-occupied countries).
     "2.  OSS is responsible for the dissemination of propaganda, either true or false, which
actually or ostensibly originates within enemy or enemy-occupied territory.  Such propaganda
need not necessarily represent the official United States viewpoint, nor shall it be readily traceable
to an official American source.