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1947: Future Counterintelligence Chief Joins CIA

David Blee, a former Office of Strategic Services agent (see (1943-1944)), joins the CIA. [New York Times, 8/17/2000; Los Angeles Times, 8/18/2000; Guardian, 8/22/2000] Blee will go on to head the agency’s Soviet operations during the Cold War (see 1971) and will also run its counterintelligence activities (see 1978).