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This is a history of the USAF Office of Special Investigations covering 19 July 1948 to 30 June 1950, prepared for the Inspector General on 22 November 1950 and released with redactions by AFOSI under FOIA in December 2010. It describes how OSI was set up under Brigadier General Joseph F. Carroll to bring the Air Force's criminal, counterintelligence and procurement fraud investigations under one command. It also covers the 25 district offices, the headquarters divisions and the investigative procedures. The text does not discuss UFOs.
“Office of Special Investigations”11 pages
1. The Direct.orate at Sp&cial lm'eet;igat.ioae, The lnapector General., USAF, baa beam detineti as an actirlty of The Iupeotor General, USAF, 'Which in t'tlJ"a is an inatrumentallt,7 ot t.he Chief ot st.If• 1JSAI'. Thia directorate has been ohar,;ed with t.he opeNti:onal and 11dtd.nistrat.1 eontrol ot all Ottiee of Spacial lnveet;ipt.ion• actiYit.iN wit.bin the continental limits ot the United st.a-tea . P•:nomel on cmt," with t.he Di:rect.en.te are aatd.gned to Headquarters USAF wi\h dut1' at 1111.oh locatian• &s mtQ" be considered nece68&17. 2. It was int.ended that OSI uhould have cel."tain eomtm-1ntelligence .f\mct.ions at the time the organisation uaterialb.ed.11 !/however-, the oouat.er-in+.. �i,g<!!n� NJsponslbd.lities of the 05! WN not spo ci.t"ioal.4' set. fol"th until 4 February 1949 at which time cert.ain ct'l'tmter-intelligence functions , !o�rly a reaponsibilit7 of the Dire·etorete ot Intelligence DCS/0 tJSAP, �.-e !'orally t.ranstened by me1T,Orandum of a.ireement to the fltrect,ora.te of Soocial. Investiga.tione.Y 3 .. \ Jn 2 3 Ma_y 1949 instru.et.ic:os were ie™d to Oftl'WIJl88 air CARl■mde which resulted in t.he aotivation or an Oft"ice o� 5i,edal. lrffeet,1gat1.ows wit.Mn each overseas eaanaad ei.lnhr- t.e t.he 0-<tt 1n the U.U.ed st.at.es.JI Ee.ch overseas OSI orgardsation was p]Aoocl wader an ovqseu, air C0llll8.fld i."l.-.uecl:.or �neral ldth internal orgmdzati?D. and ope.rational GDD\lel, accomplished at tha diseretion ot the Cal!JlRDdi.Ag general, each air 10
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