/specialCollection/cgi/1942/Presidential_order_establishing_the_OSS_13_Jun_1942.pdf

AMINISTRATIVE ORDER OF MAY 25, 1940 ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE FOR EM1NGENGY MANAGElaNT IN TI EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TIM PRESIDENT AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING ITS ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, I find there is a threatened national emergency; TU4W.E.FORE, By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Statutes, and in pursuance of Part of Executive Order Yo. 8248 of September 8, 1939, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. There is established in the Executive Office of the Pr...