+--------------+ +----------------+ | JOINT CHIEFS +------------------------------------+ CHIEF OF STAFF | | OF STAFF | +--------+-------+ +------+-------+ | | +-----------+ | | | CG 20TH | | +- - - - -+ AIR FORCE +- - - - + +-----------------+ | +-----------+ | | | | | | | | | | +------+-----+ +-------+----+----+ +----+--------+ | JOINT STAFF| | HEADQUARTERS | | A. C. OF S. | | PLANNERS | | ARMY AIR FORCES | | G-2 | +------+-----+ +---------+-------+ +----+--------+ | | | +------+--------------------------------+--------------------+---------+ | PROPAGANDA BRANCH | | ARMY MEMBER OF | | JCS LIAISON WITH DEPUTY CHIEF OF BRANCH | | OWI, CIAA (CHIEF CHIEF (USING OPD AND | | OF BRANCH) (AIR) OTHER WD CHANNELS)| | | +-------+---------------------------+--------------------+-------------+ | | | +---+-----+---------+ | | | | | | | +---+--+ +---+--+ +---+--+ | +----+-----+ | OWI | | CIAA | | OSS | | | THEATERS | +------+ +------+ +------+ | +----+-----+ | | | +-------+-----+-+-------+ | | | | | | +--+--+ +--+--+ +--+--+ +--+---+ | | PWD | | PWB | | TPWO| | PWB | | |SHAEF| | AFHQ| |CHINA| |OTHERS| | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +------+ +-----------+-----------------------+ | | +-----+------+ +-----+-----+ | OPERATIONS | | RESEARCH | +-----+------+ +-----------+ | +----------+------+------+-------+ +-----+-----+ | | | | | | | | +-----+--------+ | +----+----+ | +-----+------+ +----+---+ | +---+----+ |ADMINISTRATION| | | MILITARY| | |LIAISON WITH| | MORNING| | | DAILY | +--------------+ | | GUIDANCE| | | OWI, OSS, | | FLASH | | | REPORT | | | FOR OWI | | |NAVY, STATE,| +--------+ | +--------+ | +---------+ | | ETC | | | | +------------+ | | | | | | | | | | +------------+----+ +------+------+ +-----+------+ | SPEECH AND | | SPECIAL | | SPECIAL | | PUBLICATIONS | | STUDIES | | PROJECTS | | CLEARANCE | +-------------+ +------------+ +-----------------+
(Source: Chart prepared for Colonel John Stanley in Propaganda Branch, G-2.)]
With the termination of hostilities, though it was not the juridical finish of the war, both OSS and OWI were swept out of existence. By executive order of 20 September 1945, effective ten days later, OSS was broken up; the scholastic portions were dismembered and reassembled into the Department of State, where they presumably helped collate material for the new interdepartmental Central Intelligence Group (CIG). The operational parts were handed over to the War Department. For all the author knows, some distressed colonel may have a desk full of fountain-pens which explode, transmit radio messages, or can be used for invisible tattooing, along with an edible blotter, a desk telephone which is really a hand grenade and a typewriter which is a demountable motor scooter; such speculations are delightful topics on which to dwell, but the day of black propaganda is over. Obsolescence reduces all things, even OSS, to absurdity.