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USAF OSI History 1948-1950

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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.

'f'ha:retore , during the r,,ontb of Januaey, 191: 9, minor changes ....,ere
made in the territorial Jurisdiction of several dlatriet offices,
tour (4) OSI procurement sub-di&t.ricte were disbanded, and four ( 4)
standa rd OSI districts activated in their stead . £ven though
standard district organisations took the pliri ce ot the original
-procurement. dbtrict type ot organ17.'.ation the scope and complexities
involved in the procuranent fraud investigative �ctirlties of tbeee
districts, required certain deriations from the standard orp.nisatiCDal
and opti!rational policies 3nd procedures of the OSI.
4. The procurement field or inveatiptift �ctivit.7 has pertained
to allegations or fraud, conspiracy to defra:ttd t.he Government. o:·
other criminal irregularity, in connectd.on Nith the pla.ce111en.t,
adrr.ini�trllltion or temination of' Air Force contr,"l cts . Such investi
gations have required cons iderable liaison activity at USAF Head
qu-P-rters level. It t,a.s been neC$&Sary to evaluat.e and analyse
allegations, coorplaints and initial inquiries in the l ight, c4 all
inf'orm,9,tion �vsilable. Other Air Poree ai;encies, upon whose
activiti•s the informati?n had a bearing, ru, ve been consul.tad
t.o determine it there were any particular questions which they
desired to raise conceming th e :matter. ProblElllS ot investigative
jurisdiction have been resolved a,'c:ord:1.ng to a:ppH.cable directives
and a.greem.ente . It frequently ha.a occurad tba.t such matters were
referred to another investigative agenq, hovever, OSI has retained

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