1948-? NSC 10/2

At 5 minutes of FTR# 78b

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[The 10/2 Panel was] not an approval body, and there was no formal mechanism whereby individual projects had to be brought before [it] for discussion.
1948 As a result of the controversy spurred by Kennan, NSC 4-A was replaced by NSC 10/2, [12] approved by President Harry Truman on 18 June 1948, creating the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC).
1948 Kennan was still not satisfied and continued to press for State control, hoping that his choice for OPC director, Frank Wisner, would be loyal to the State Department-he was not.
1948 NSC 10/2 charged the DCI with "Ensuring, through designated representatives of the Secretary of State and of the Secretary of Defense, that covert operations are planned and conducted in a manner consistent with US foreign and military policies and...
1948 NSC 10/2 was the first presidential document which specified a mechanism to approve and manage covert operations, and also the first in which the term "covert operations" was defined.
1948 The inauguration of organized political warfare (NSC document)
1948-1950 NSC 10/2 Panel
1948-1952 Office of Policy Coordination (OPC)
1948-1955 From NSC 10/2 to NSC 5412 (June 1948-March 1955)