Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 03 1131-03-p169

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existing intelligence assets. During the years following World War Il the government ft United States was confronted with a series of events wh ch were to change beyond prediction its future and with it the future of humanity. These events were so incredible that _ they défied belief. A stunned President Truman and his t Military Commanders found themselves virtually impotent after having just won the most devastating and costly war in history. The United States had developed, used, and was the...