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File identifier File type Content
D3-NARA-CIA-001_DISGUISE_AECHAMP_VOL2_0058.pdf Record Use of secret inks and microfilm to disguise correspondence.
D3-NARA-CIA-002_DISGUISE_BORMANN_VOL2_0004.pdf Record The FROSCH Report. Discusses all kinds of professional tradecraft, including use of camouflage and disguises.
D3-NARA-CIA-003_DISGUISE-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP13X00001R000100090008-7(1).pdf Record Camouflage Division (CD) on personal disguises. Unfortunately, only the cover of the relevant booklet is shown.
D3-NARA-CIA-004_DISGUISE_D3-NARA-CIA-RDP13X00001R000100090008-7.pdf Record Camouflage Division (CD) more on personal disguises. Unfortunately, only the cover of the relevant booklet is shown.
D3-NARA-CIA-005_SABO_RDP13X00001R000100170010-5.pdf Record Organisation of sabo ops and guerilla warfare (Far East).
D3-NARA-CIA-006_DISGUISE_DAINAUSKAS_0041.pdf Record Disguise of nationality.
D3-NARA-CIA-007_GADGETS_D3-NARA-CIA-RDP90-00965R000100110029-1.pdf Article Anderson & Van Atta (1987). Brief Washington Post article on OSS gadgets and dirty tricks.
D3-NARA-CIA-008_GADGETS-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP90-01208R000100090064-4.pdf Article Maclean (1975). Soldier of Fortune article on OSS gadgets and dirty tricks.
D3-NARA-CIA-009_GENESIS_D3-NARA-CIA-RDP84-00022R000400140002-4.pdf Record Genesis of R&D Section and what happened postwar.
D3-NARA-CIA-010_GENESIS_DOC_0001225679.pdf Book Fischer (2001). Commemorative CIA booklet that includes solid history of LOVELL's R&D Section. To be read in conjunction with D3-ARK-152_fischer.pdf.
D3-NARA-CIA-011_GENESIS-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP13X00001R000100050006-3.pdf Record Jackpot! All about Document Intelligence Division, including clothing (and even the supply of same to Cairo). To be read in conjunction with D3-NARA-CIA-015.
D3-NARA-CIA-012_GENESIS-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP81-00728R000100060005-3.pdf Record Postwar loss of R&A Branch to State. [ONI for D3]
D3-NARA-CIA-013_GENESIS-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP83-01034R000200160001-2.pdf Article Darling (1964). Fascinating, well-informed account of the roots of the CIA in OSS, and DONOVAN's struggle to avoid liquidation of his service.
D3-NARA-CIA-014_GENESIS-GADGETS-DOC_0001225702.pdf Book Chapter extracted from Fischer (2001) with illustrations, but many redactions.
D3-NARA-CIA-015_JACKPOT-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP13X00001R000100050005-4.pdf Record Jackpot! Key correspondence and reports about the Document Intelligence Division, which included Section 2 (Camouflage) and Section 3 (Clothing), and which came under the Censorship and Documents (CD or C&D) Branch commanded by Lt Cdr Henry S. MORGAN. The Division was required to work in close cooperation with R&D (under LOVELL) and with overseas missions. Names to watch for: Harry MORGAN, Bill BROOKER (SOE/Camp X), Willis REDDICK, and Watts HILL ... . The other potential source of branch correspondence is the Donovan microfilms at College Park. To be read in conjunction with D3-NARA-CIA-011.
D3-NARA-CIA-016_GADGETS_LOVELL-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP83-00036R000400130023-8.pdf Record Exquisitely detailed early history of R&D under LOVELL. Mentions agent clothing.
D3-NARA-CIA-017_DISGUISE_ESCAPETOARGENTINA_0005.pdf Record Curiosity. Spanish religious disguised ratline Nazis as priests.
D3-NARA-CIA-018_ORG-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP84-00022R000400010028-0.pdf Record Overview of OSS organisation and archives.
D3-NARA-CIA-019_DISGUISE_OSS TRADECRAFT.pdf Record Yet another file on personal disguise, with some correspondence duplications. Mostly about changing skin colour.
D3-NARA-CIA-020_SARTORIAL_D3-NARA-CIA-RDP13X00001R000100290002-1.pdf Record Quotation: 'A great number of [Hungarian] aristocrats are pro-British but only in the sense that they approve of British conservatism in the social, political, and sartorial spheres.'
D3-NARA-CIA-021_SO_ORG-D3-NARA-CIA-RDP89-01258R000100010010-5.pdf Record Another curiosity: SO field manual. Contains some useful basic organisational info.
D3-NARA-CIA-022_DISGUISE_KOPP_VOL. 1_0062.pdf Record Another use of disguise: 'Disguised' checks or traces.
D3-NARA-CIA-023_CLOTHING_RDP88-01350R000200230019-9.pdf Record Anecdotal evidence of early foreign-clothing collection in New York, probably by OCI before OSS.
D3-NARA-CIA-024_AXISAGENTCLOTHING_RDP86B00269R000500050103-7.pdf Record How Germans usually dressed their Italian agents too well, which led to their exposure by CIC.
D3-NARA-CIA-025_R&DANNRPTS_RDP13X00001R000100140011-7.pdf Record OSS R&D/CD Annual Reports 1944 (extracted).
D3-NARA-CIA-026_OGFIELDMANUAL_RDP89-01258R000100010009-7.pdf Record OSS OG Field Manual. Of general interest, comprehensive.
D3-NARA-CIA-027_MORGANCOMMEND_RDP13X00001R000100370003-1.pdf Record Commendation letter for Harry Morgan's service from US Office of Censorship (Aug 1945).
D3-NARA-CIA-028_FIELDRPTS_RDP13X00001R000100410003-6.pdf Record Memorandum from returning agent (French SI desk in Algiers) mentioning provision of French black-market clothing for agents.
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B3.pdf Record Miscellaneous R&D and CD Branch correspondence and reports, 1944–45. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B17.pdf Record Washington, R&D Branch records. Records on cover and documents relating to various ETO projects and missions: GOETHE B, SUNFLOWER, MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, TROY, MIMI, STUDENT, DOCTOR, and TISSUE. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B18.pdf Record Washington, R&D Branch records. Records on cover and documents relating to various ETO projects and missions: VIOLET, EGGNOG, and PEONY. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B19.pdf Record Washington, R&D Branch records. Project BACON II cover story. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B108.pdf Record History of the Office of Research and Development (ca 1945), 17 pp. Possibly an early draft? (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-E210-B199.pdf Record Reports and photographs of clothing, special equipment, camouflage, and special weapons, 1945. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-EA1_134B-B54-F469.pdf Record Descriptions of British (SOE and SIS) London-based ops, incl clothing. (Courtesy: John Lisle).
D3-NARA-RG226-EUD90-B22-F358 Folder War Paint (Colour JPGs). NARA file courtesy Dr Simon Willmetts.
D3-NARA-RG226-EUD90-B15-F197 Folder Personal Disguise (Colour JPGs). NARA file courtesy Dr Simon Willmetts.
D3-NARA-RG226-OSSWarReport.pdf Record Extracts from OSS War Report re. R&D and CD clothing ops, including wholesale transfer to London Base in April 1944 and merging of rersponsibility.

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