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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 dissemination 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 officia! United States viewpoint, nor shall it be
readily traceable to an official American source.
 
 
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