Curated category
Anti-communist organizations in the United States
- Central Intelligence AgencyOn the 26th of July 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act into law. This legislation dissolved the Central Intelligence Group and…
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationOn the 26th of July 1908, Attorney General Charles Bonaparte hired thirty-four people to form a new investigative agency.
- Voice of AmericaOn the 1st of February 1942, a broadcast began from the San Francisco office of the Foreign Information Service. It was transmitted via General Electric's…
- John Birch SocietyOn the 9th of December 1958, a small group of twelve people gathered in Indianapolis to establish a new political organization. Robert W.
- Freedom HouseFreedom House opened its doors on the 22nd of January 1942 at a converted residence located at 32 East 51st Street in New York City.
- Hoover InstitutionIn June 1919, Herbert Hoover sent a telegram to Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur offering $50,000 to collect primary materials related to World War I.
- Crusade for FreedomFrank Wisner sat in a Washington office during 1948, drafting plans for the Office of Policy Coordination. He sought ways to implement NSC 20/4, a directive…