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# Foreign Broadcast Information Service

### History

### Part I: 1941-1947

**by Joseph E. Roop**

*This document is a history of the early, pre-CIA, years of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, the predecessor of today’s Open Source Center. Prepared by retired FBIS Joseph E. Roop, it was published with a classification of Confidential in 1969. It was fully released by CIA’s Historical Declassification Division in 2009.*

Foreign Broadcast Information Service History (divided by chapter)
                          - FBIS Cover and Contents  [PDF 681.1KB*] 
                          - Chapter 1 - Early Beginnings  [PDF 4.9MB*] 
                          - Chapter 2 - Impact of Pearl Harbor  [PDF 3.8MB*] 
                          - Chapter 3 - New Service's Place in FCC  [PDF 3.2MB*] 
                          - Chapter 4 - Contacts with the Public  [PDF 3.1MB*] 
                          - Chapter 5 - Intergovernmental Relations  [PDF 5.2MB*] 
                          - Chapter 6 - International Cooperation  [PDF 2.8MB*] 
                          - Chapter 7 - Congressional Handicaps  [PDF 2.8MB*] 
                          - Chapter 8 - Adjustments to Meet Problems  [PDF 4.0MB*] 
                          - Chapter 9 - Change in War Focus  [PDF 3.1MB*] 
                          - Chapter 10 - Congressional Coup D’Etat  [PDF 3.0MB*] 
                          - Chapter 11 - 0perations Under War Department  [PDF 3.4MB*] 
                           
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# Contact CIA

 

The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

We read every letter, fax, or e-mail we receive, and we will convey your comments to CIA officials outside OPA as appropriate. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us.

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### Contact Information

Submit questions or comments online

**By postal mail:** Central Intelligence Agency Office of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. 20505

**By phone:**(703) 482-0623Open during normal business hours.

**By fax:**(571) 204-3800*(please include a phone number where we may call you)*

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                                - Please check our  **site map** ,  search  feature, or  our site navigation on the left  to locate the information you seek. We do not routinely respond to questions for which answers are found within this Web site.  
                                - **Employment** :  We do not routinely answer questions about employment beyond the information on this Web site, and we do not routinely answer inquiries about the status of job applications. Recruiting will contact applicants within 45 days if their qualifications meet our needs.    Because of safety concerns for the prospective applicant, as well as security and communication issues, the CIA Recruitment Center does not accept resumes, nor can we return phone calls, e-mails or other forms of communication, from US citizens living outside of the US. When you return permanently to the US (not on vacation or leave), please visit the  CIA Careers page  and apply online for the position of interest.   To verify an employee's employment, please contact the  Employment Verification Office .  
                                - Solicitations to transfer large sums of money to your bank account:  If you receive a solicitation to transfer a large amount of money from an African nation to your bank account in exchange for a payment of millions of dollars, go to the US Secret Service Web site for information about the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud or "4-1-9" Fraud scheme.  
                                - If you have information which you believe might be of interest to the CIA in pursuit of the CIA's foreign intelligence mission, you may use our  **e-mail form** . We will carefully protect all information you provide, including your identity. The CIA, as a foreign intelligence agency, does not engage in US domestic law enforcement.  
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# Report Threats

The United States and its partners continue to face a growing number of global threats and challenges. The CIA’s mission includes collecting and analyzing information about high priority national security issues such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks, international organized crime and narcotics trafficking, regional conflicts, counterintelligence threats, and the effects of environmental and natural disasters.

These challenges are international in scope and are priorities for the Central Intelligence Agency. If you have information about these or other national security challenges, please provide it through our secure online form.  The information you provide will be protected and confidential. The CIA is particularly interested in information about imminent or planned terrorist attacks.  In cases where an imminent threat exists, immediately contact your local law enforcement agencies and provide them with the threat information.

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