I think I misconstrued the OSS with the precursor SSI. Here is the relevant part from BasedCitizen's link that led to my train of thought. Full disclosure, sometimes my trains fall off their tracks.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was concerned about American intelligence deficiencies. On the suggestion of William Stephenson, the senior British intelligence officer in the western hemisphere, Roosevelt requested that William J. Donovan draft a plan for an intelligence service based on the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). After submitting his work, "Memorandum of Establishment of Service of Strategic Information", Colonel Donovan was appointed "coordinator of information" on July 11, 1941, heading the new organization known as the office of the Coordinator of Information (COI).
My main point is that US and British intelligence services were working very closely with each other before December 7, 1941.
I think I misconstrued the OSS with the precursor SSI. Here is the relevant part from BasedCitizen's link that led to my train of thought. Full disclosure, sometimes my trains fall off their tracks.
My main point is that US and British intelligence services were working very closely with each other before December 7, 1941.
Aha.