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ICYMI: CIA & Panda Diplomacy: The Untold Story of Allen Dulles & Chi Chi the Giant #Panda http://t.co/jqrCayilEd http://t.co/HQuNGMSlLW — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: 1946: A secret @WhiteHouse ceremony, cloaks, fedoras, & daggers: Central Intelligence Group is established. http://t.co/tZl9MVBmvg — PolitiTweet.org

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#Intrepid played key role in vision that established COI, OSS & CIA, he helped revolutionize US intel capabilities http://t.co/0JUWwWSnSs — PolitiTweet.org

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#Intrepid & Donovan created a lasting British & US intel partnership. In 1946 he received the US Medal of Merit. http://t.co/nsohlSZk4X — PolitiTweet.org

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1941: Roosevelt established the Coordinator of Information office (COI) with #Intrepid’s friend & #WWI hero “Wild Bill” Donovan leading it. — PolitiTweet.org

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#Intrepid urged Roosevelt Administration to establish a “coordinator” to oversee US intel collection & analysis efforts. CC @FDRLibrary — PolitiTweet.org

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1940: Churchill sent #Intrepid to NYC to run the British Security Coordination Office, the operational & liaison arm of UK intel in the US. — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephenson, a Canadian, was one of #WWII’s most infamous intelligence officers: the man code-named “#Intrepid.” http://t.co/Y5wTiMobPe — PolitiTweet.org

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Pilot, prisoner, inventor, spymaster, James Bond? The #Intrepid Life of Sir William Stephenson http://t.co/0JUWwWSnSs http://t.co/fyChW1GYsQ — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: Peacekeeper by @DruBlair http://t.co/och48Hs9bI #A12OXCART http://t.co/NJ3oOFB4VW — PolitiTweet.org

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#Venona program deciphered Soviet cables the US had been collecting since 1939. Program ended in 1980 with almost 3,000 messages decrypted. — PolitiTweet.org

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February 1943: US Army Signal Intelligence Service, now NSA, began the #Venona project. #HISTINT http://t.co/8YH37UoCeG cc @NSA_PAO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OurPresidents: .@GeorgeHWBush is sworn is as @CIA Director #OTD 1976. More photos via @Bush41Library: http://t.co/bLUV1d5uOk http://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Chi Chi the #panda eventually went on to live at the @zsllondonzoo & was also the inspiration for the original @World_Wildlife Fund logo. — PolitiTweet.org

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@USTreasury decision: allowing Chi Chi to enter US would be “a serious departure from the basic policies.” The #panda matter was closed. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dulles put his aides to work on the #panda problem; his assistant was soon nicknamed “the Vice President of Pandas” by his colleagues. — PolitiTweet.org

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1958: an animal dealer & a noted animal importer both asked Dulles for help getting @USTreasury permission to bring a giant #panda to US. — PolitiTweet.org

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1950s: US prohibited import of goods originating in or passing through Communist China. There were rarely any exceptions, even for #pandas. — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA & Panda Diplomacy: The Untold Story of Alan Dulles & Chi Chi the Giant #Panda http://t.co/RvFPckharq http://t.co/OROP4aBGKx — PolitiTweet.org

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Today marks 35 years since “Studio Six Productions” exfiltrated the “Canadian Six.” #Argo http://t.co/KLTGGU16Z8 http://t.co/lk4fbGnEuM — PolitiTweet.org

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#TDIH 1980: 2 CIA officers rescued 6 American diplomats from Iran. #Argo #HISTINT http://t.co/KhaaO4nGXT http://t.co/EF7anz076a — PolitiTweet.org

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COLDFEET yielded valuable intel on Soviet advanced acoustical detection of under-ice submarines & Arctic anti-submarine warfare techniques. — PolitiTweet.org

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Team was picked days later by a #WWII-era B-17 “Flying Fortress” with a Fulton “Skyhook” aerial retrieval system. http://t.co/nSL2a2np6J — PolitiTweet.org

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May 1962: Maj. Smith, @usairforce , & Lt. LeSchack, @USNavy , parachuted down, photographed facility & collected 150lbs of docs & equipment. — PolitiTweet.org

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1961: abandoned Soviet research station in the Arctic was found, providing an opportunity to obtain firsthand info about Soviet technology. — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum AotW: Seven Days in the Arctic by Keith Woodcock http://t.co/k7NXTKESST #ProjectCOLDFEET http://t.co/TPtUmRHBlj — PolitiTweet.org

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1946: A secret @WhiteHouse ceremony, cloaks, fedoras, and daggers: The Central Intelligence Group is established. http://t.co/tZl9MWaz1U — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: Legend of Langley: Joe Procaccino passed away earlier this month. Amazing story of 71 years in intel http://t.co/PZ4JCj79E3 — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: CIA’s covert Cold War book program explored @TheWilsonCenter “Marshall Plan for the Mind” event: https://t.co/8kEFw4Q88B — PolitiTweet.org

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“You have to know where you have been to know where you’re at.” ~ Joe Procaccino http://t.co/PZ4JCj79E3 http://t.co/tUnr52BGFr — PolitiTweet.org