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COPY DECLASSIFIED AND APPROVED FOR RELEASE BY TNE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DATE 2111 &tileugki If4r My dear General Donovan: I appreciate very much the wortic Which you and your staff undertook, beginning prior to the Japanese surrender* to liqui- date those wartime activities of the Office. of Strategic Ser- vices which will not be needed in time of peace. Timely steps should also be taken to conserve those resources and skills developed within your organization which are vital to our peacet...