Image: Helms Letter - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency

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Description: A future director’s note to his son. As Americans celebrated victory in Europe in May 1945, Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer Richard Helms wrote this touching and eloquent letter to his young son on a captured sheet of Adolf Hitler’s personal stationery. Helms’s words captured the meaning of the war, not only for OSS but for many others who had fought against Hitler. Helms would later become Director of Central Intelligence. For more information on CIA history and this painting please visit www.cia.gov
Title: Helms Letter - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency
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Author: The Central Intelligence Agency
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