Shadow Spy

Chapter 359 CIA Director Pan Sen

The more the five people in the office thought about it, the more they felt that Pan Sen was a suitable candidate, but his only drawback may be that he is too young, he is only 27 years old now!
When talking about this issue, General Leahy waved his hand and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. That Hoover became the deputy director of the Bureau of Investigation at the age of 26, and was appointed director by President Coolidge at the age of 29. Before that, he was just a young lawyer in the Ministry of Justice, and his identity and experience are far inferior to Ogg's!"

After hearing this, everyone thought, yes, this is something everyone knows.

In the end, for the sake of safety, Roosevelt decided to talk to Li Junhao before making a decision.
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On June 6, when Li Junhao arrived at the White House, he received a notice: The President wanted to talk to him.

The conversation was a bit long. Roosevelt asked him in detail about his experience in Shanghai and spoke highly of the work he had done. At the end, the conversation changed and he mentioned the matter of independent intelligence agencies.

"Ogg, I appreciate your actions and abilities..." Roosevelt said, "Ayers has already told me that the idea of ​​establishing a relatively independent intelligence agency that is only responsible to the president was proposed by you, and even You also proposed to Ayers that he or Leahy be the director, which shows that you have fully considered this intelligence agency, right?"

All right!Now that the matter has come to this point, Li Junhao naturally has no need to hide it, and said: "Yes, sir, when Ayers told me about the Intelligence Coordination Bureau that was being established, I put forward different opinions and thought that instead of establishing an intelligence coordination bureau, If there is no coordinating agency with its own intelligence collection force and is constrained by other existing intelligence agencies, it is better to directly establish an independent intelligence agency that is directly responsible to the president..."

"Very good, tell me about your vision for this institution." Roosevelt said with great interest.

Li Junhao was not a professional intelligence officer, so he could have any assumptions. However, he had been exposed to the CIA, the world's largest intelligence organization, in his previous life, which was enough to explain.

In his account, this independent intelligence agency is directly responsible to the president and is not subject to supervision by other government departments. It obtains operating funds directly from the Congressional Appropriations Committee. Its main mission is to collect and analyze information on foreign governments, companies, and terrorism, both openly and secretly. Organizational, personal, political, cultural, scientific and technological intelligence, coordinate the overseas activities of other intelligence agencies, and be responsible for reporting this intelligence to various government departments;
At the same time, it should have special capabilities to conduct covert operations under presidential authorization...

Of course, under the current world situation, its focus must be on war intelligence.

Roosevelt's eyes became brighter and brighter. He felt that this was the intelligence agency he wanted in his heart. He couldn't help but said excitedly: "Oger, what do you think this agency should be called?"

"National Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, US Intelligence Agency..." Li Junhao said, "I think these names are all right."

After thinking for a while, Roosevelt said: "Central Intelligence Agency, CIA for short, this is the best name!" Well, you are the president, you have the final say!Li Junhao thought to himself: This is a good thing. The previous Intelligence Coordination Bureau and Strategic Intelligence Bureau will no longer appear. Is this a leap-forward change?But what happened next surprised him!
"Ogg, I now want to appoint you as the first CIA director..." Roosevelt said, "I hope you can accept this appointment and do it well!"

Um? ? ?There were a series of question marks in front of Li Junhao's eyes and in his mind. Is this true?
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On the 26th, Li Junhao met Donovan in his office. The former preparation director of the Intelligence Coordination Bureau has now been dismissed from his original position and assigned to his subordinates!

Donovan, who was still very depressed, immediately became excited after reading the CIA preparation documents given to him by Li Junhao, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Pan Sen, are you saying that I can participate in the preparation of this agency?"

"Well, in principle, yes, but it depends on your own wishes..." Li Junhao shrugged his shoulders.

"I do! Of course...I'm willing to join!" Donovan said excitedly.

The $40 in funding that Donovan brought in is not important at all, nor is the more than 30 nerdy "intelligence analysts" he has recruited. What is important is Donovan, his role in the U.S. intelligence community. The special experience has allowed many of its students to serve in various government departments. Although there are currently no high-ranking students, the spread is broad enough and they are a resource that can be utilized.

When Donovan read the document and excitedly expressed his suggestions for the establishment of the new organization, Li Junhao calmly poured him Chinese-style black tea and confirmed that he would be under his command before officially appointing him as the new leader. The intelligence director of the Agency Preparatory Division is responsible for the establishment of the intelligence division.As for those people he recruited before, he will still be responsible for it, let's see how he arranges it!

According to Li Junhao's plan, the CIA will set up five major divisions at the headquarters: management, intelligence, operations, science and technology, and service, and set up branches in every state in the United States, and set up corresponding offices in major countries and regions around the world, striving to establish the CIA before the end of World War II. A relatively complete intelligence network has been established around the world.
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In order to find a good office location for the bureau headquarters, Li Junhao wandered around the Washington area for two days, and finally selected a 16-story building in L'Enfant Plaza between Independence Street and Main Street, south of the Washington Monument, and paid directly He bought it for US$350 million and named the building "King Tower". He then rented it to the newly established CIA for US$18 per year, and the rent was based on the market price every three years. Make adjustments.

Well, this is the first fixed asset that Li Junhao actually purchased by himself in the United States. For this purpose, he also set up an investment fund named "King" to operate it, and it was controlled by his personal assistant Xiaoyu to circumvent the relevant laws of the United States. risk.

The King's Building can accommodate 3000 people in centralized offices. The reserved top floor is all used by Li Junhao. It has bedrooms, study rooms, offices, assistant rooms, secretarial rooms, confidential rooms, weapons rooms, storage rooms and other rooms. There is also a special rooftop Helicopter platform (by this time, the Huey helicopter had come out).

According to Li Junhao's design, the building began to be fully renovated, with 12 of the most "advanced" elevators of this era alone; the main body of the building was reinforced, including the glass windows, bulletproof and explosion-proof, the external electromagnetic screen was destroyed, and there were three power supplies plus two sets of hidden power generators. unit……

(End of this chapter)