August 14, 2008: The National Archives made public the personnel files of thousands who spied for the United States' Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Among them: famed chef Julia Child, baseball player Moe Berg, actor Sterling Hayden, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg.The Associated Press: Files detail early US spy network
Records show nearly 24,000 operatives worked for the vast spy network managed by the OSS. The OSS, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the precursor of the CIA.CNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network
Notable OSS Members
In addition to Julia Child and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., other notable names mentioned in the OSS files include author Earnest Hemingway's son, John Hemingway, President Theodore Roosevelt's sons Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt and Miles Copeland, the father of The Police drummer Stewart Copeland.CNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network (August 14, 2008)
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