Shadow Spy

Chapter 357 Meeting Hoover and Donovan

I have to say that Li Junhao's words were too sharp. This level of argument changed the faces of everyone present, especially those who are traditionally pro-British!President Roosevelt, Ayers, Leahy and others also looked grim and began to think deeply...

Li Junhao didn't say anything more. He knew that he needed to leave time for everyone to think at this time, so he took the initiative to propose that the meeting be ended and held another day, which was unanimously agreed by everyone.
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After returning to the office, Li Junhao saw that Xiao Yu was communicating with Vicki. The two girls were about the same age, and Xiao Yu's English was also very good. There was no obstacle to the two of them chatting, which made him very happy.

Sitting on the sofa area in the office, he felt that he had talked too much and needed to replenish water, so he started to make tea. The tea table, tea sets, tea leaves, alcohol stove, etc. were all ready. You didn't have to guess. It's Xiaoyu's handiwork. He can start now when he sits down.

While he was working at the White House, because there were no security issues, Nick, Xiaohu and Avni drove away to patrol the streets in the city, hoping to become familiar with the street conditions in Washington as soon as possible and prepare for future security.At this point, they knew what to do without Li Junhao saying anything.
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The first official day at work was spent peacefully. As soon as it was time to get off work, Li Junhao drove home with a few people around him. Before leaving, he refused several colleagues who wanted to invite him to dinner.

After returning to Villa No. 47, Li Junhao refilled the kitchen refrigerator with supplies from his personal space. Xiao Yu started her job as a skilled cook again and cooked a sumptuous Chinese meal for several people, allowing everyone to eat happily.

After the meal, Li Junhao was shocked to find that Nick had brought Mahjong over, and without telling Xiaoyu and Xiaohu, he also quickly brought Avni over, and the four of them set up a table in the banquet hall!

At the request of everyone, Li Junhao had to sit behind Avni and teach her a few things before he could leave to read his book. It really undermined the majesty of the lord!
This incident was just a joke in the minds of Li Junhao, Xiao Yu and others, but it had a huge impact on Avni. Only then did she truly feel how special this officer was, and she was filled with emotion.

When he went to bed at night, Li Junhao went to the Yiqu Building in the portable space. Not only was there a powerful smart computer that was unique in the world, but there were also bookshelves full of various books. More importantly, he felt that staying here was Got to be comfortable.
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On Tuesday, June 6, after going to work, Li Junhao participated in several White House meetings in a row, but he did not speak at the meeting again. Instead, he only attended with his ears.

At a conference on wartime intelligence work, he met two famous figures: John Edgar Hoover and William Joseph Donovan.

Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, was appointed to the Bureau of Investigation by President Coolidge on May 1924, 5, when he was only 10 years old and a young lawyer in the Department of Justice. It has been 29 years since the BOI (the predecessor of the FBI), which was originally a small department under the Department of Justice with only 15 employees, became the largest federal law enforcement agency in the United States, and it is also second to none in intelligence work.

Li Junhao even knew that Hoover would continue to sit in this seat until he died in his home due to "hypertension" on May 1972, 5!In the 2 years he has been in charge of the FBI, the United States has had 48 presidents and 8 attorneys general (ministers of justice), but he has remained standing like an evergreen tree, and the power he has is greater than that of any subsequent FBI director. Insurmountable.Because of the expanding war situation, President Roosevelt, who had a premonition that the United States would not be able to stay out of the war, decided to establish an intelligence agency under the direct control of the president and assume the function of intelligence co-ordination, getting rid of the current situation of relying entirely on the intelligence power of the military and government departments. .

The new agency was named the United States Intelligence Coordination Office and was directed by former Assistant Attorney General William Joseph Donovan.At present, the bureau has begun preparations for its establishment, but Donovan has only received US$45 in funding from the Bureau of Budget. He can only find a few offices in a dilapidated building near the White House to start work.

When Li Junhao noticed these two people, Hoover and Donovan also noticed him. As professional intelligence officers, they certainly knew about this young man's special status in the White House, and they greeted him very enthusiastically in order to stay. Make a good impression.

During the meeting, Hoover's attitude was relatively conservative. The FBI he now runs has a strong enough domestic intelligence force. He has different opinions on the president's decision to establish a new intelligence agency. Of course, he will not make it public. Although he opposed it, it would not give the new organization any help, so he remained silent most of the time.

Donovan is very active in preparing for the establishment, but there are too many difficulties in establishing a new intelligence agency from scratch. The most important thing is to have sufficient funds and enough professionals. He had no additional resources for either of these, so he was in dire need of help.

Therefore, after meeting the upstart Brigadier General Panson in the White House at the meeting, Donovan immediately had a new idea. In a separate report after the meeting, he applied to Roosevelt to allow Brigadier General Panson to join the preparation of the new agency...

Roosevelt was very moved when he heard this. Of course he knew how much support there was behind Panson. If he participated in the preparations for the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, it would certainly be of great help; but at the same time, he also had doubts in his heart. It is feared that the forces behind Pan Sen will penetrate into the new institutions and affect the execution of state power.Therefore, he did not decide immediately, but promised to consider it.
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Li Junhao didn't know Donovan's little calculation, although he knew very well that the Intelligence Coordination Bureau would be renamed the Strategic Intelligence Service next year. After the end of World War II, it would be reorganized into the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which would later become the world's largest intelligence and counterintelligence agency. institution, but this weak institution has little appeal to him now.

He was more interested in Hoover of the FBI at this time!
According to later rumors, Hoover collected hundreds of thousands of secret files, ranging from the privacy of the president and his family, scandals of political figures, covert operations of government departments, the persecution of civil rights leaders, to the inside story of domestic and foreign criminal organizations. , under-the-table transactions of major financial institutions and private companies, etc., everything is included.

Li Junhao was very interested in these files. At the same time, he also admired Hoover's superb methods of developing and controlling the huge organization of the FBI, and wanted to learn from him.

(End of this chapter)