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ane Ye t Dy frat of, ig * Tn. ve o t % “+ peete emia 9 ee AUREL Pfr fe eae . watt oy lw { 13 ‘earch 1145 VSUORANDUY FOR THE PRESIDEST: 7 In genneotton with the conversationa with Ura. Frances Katte Stevens, whom I have thoroughly tnterutewed at vra.\Roosevelt's suggestion, f have had an ercelleat opportunity to tnvestigate ‘the matter of Océ ACTIVITIE:. tn the fteld, J deportec fron the jresidential party at Catro after proceeding fron Yalta on a tour of the Italtan and the Featern Fronte and had an opportunity te get firatehand inforczation on OSS activities and, therefore, an able to report first-hand taformation, * Fithout geting in: I was everywhere left with the sarze impreseion of utter tncompetency on the part of OSS leadership. In Catro the ", £, Arny Ge2, although he dtd not ecritictse the 95f operatives, was most upset over the duplication of effort and the absolute lack of coordination betwren the two anencies, ‘Teneral Lenouan wie recently ta the theater aid a plea by J-2 te the General for proper cooperation fell on deaf ears, Everywhere that the subject of Ofc cane up, unsolicited renarks elearl ght out the very well know omateurtsh nature of the orgontzatton, They are ridiculed and made sport of by foreign intelligence agencteas, Thetr cloak and dagger methods bring out such peevdonyns os "Oc = Oh So Leeret” or "0h So Soctal", Thetr rere presence in a theater o. operattona not only places tie Azericaze ta a ridteslTous position but Jeo, ardizes the older, more ezpertenced intelligence agenctee and tn several cases, har even comprontsed the Amertean poeition, dt would be unfatr to judoe all O£3 pereonnel by the reputation butle up by the Ud aa the organization contains gome very cood men, Within the organtzatton units sich aa the Research and inalysis Branch are dotng an excellent job, Certain spectal operators tn Jtaly‘did a fine job, But until the organtgation can-get rid of t he rotten a); les, the whole barrel remains rotten, A 4Gemillion dollar budjet to pour literally "‘ioon the rain spout” can lead toa noat dangzerows condition, Ctuilian peraonael th many canes are guaranteed at least the sate salary they recetuved in etutliaa life, regarclees of the job they nay have, "ra, Frances vatte Stevens wis dravins about £4,000 annually end wae tole ta “relar", hen she would not relar, they wanted to give her a jod as recepttoratet with the same salary (just o little under that of a Cadenel), ; Ceneral Donovan tn paying high prices and tr hiring lobbdytete and other high ranking officera needed quick returas in order to butid up @ large ergantzation fron "acratch"” tn the nintaun of tine. Rut -—- ate wee Soe SE SS . here tt ts four years later and the orgontgotion, tnetend of getting... better, gets worse, “ Comptes py me ony OCi:,