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The '''United States Office of War Information (OWI)''' was a government agency created during [[World War II]] to consolidate government information services. Besides coordinating the release of war news for domestic use, the office established an overseas branch which launched a huge information and [[propaganda]] campaign abroad.
The '''United States Office of War Information (OWI)''' was a government agency created during [[World War II]] to consolidate government information services. Besides coordinating the release of war news for domestic use, the office established an overseas branch which launched a huge information and [[propaganda]] campaign abroad. The OWI had been penetrated by Soviet intelligence during [[World War II]], and frequently broadcast [[Communist]] [[propaganda]] [[subversion (political)|subversive]] to U.S. interests and American [[foreign policy]].
In the next two years, OWI spent $68,000,000 and had 5,561 agents scattered all over the world.
In the next two years, OWI spent $68,000,000 and had 5,561 agents scattered all over the world.