The more the five people in the office thought about it, the more they felt that Pan Sen was the right person, but the only drawback may be that he was too young, and he was only 27 years old now!

When talking about this issue, Admiral Leahy waved his hand and said: "Actually, it's nothing, that Hoover became the deputy director of the Bureau of Investigation at the age of 26, and was appointed by President Coolidge as the director at the age of 29, before that he was just a young lawyer in the Department of Justice, and his identity and experience are far worse than Ouger's!" ”

Hearing this, everyone thought, yes, this is a well-known thing.

In the end, for the sake of insurance, Roosevelt decided to talk to Li Junhao before making a decision.

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On June 25, as soon as Li Junhao arrived at the White House, he received a notice that Mr. President wanted to talk to him.

The conversation was a long one, and Roosevelt inquired in detail about his experience in Shanghai, spoke highly of the work he had done, and only at the end did he change his tune and mention the matter of independent intelligence agencies.

"Ogy, I appreciate your actions and abilities......," Roosevelt said, "Ayers has already told me that you came up with the idea of establishing a relatively independent intelligence agency that is accountable only to the president, and you even proposed to Ayers that he or Leahy be the director, which shows that you have considered this intelligence agency in its entirety, right?" ”

All right! Now that the matter has come to this point, Li Junhao naturally has no need to hide it, so he said: "Yes, sir, when Ayers and I talked about the intelligence coordination bureau that was being established, I put forward a different opinion, thinking that instead of building a coordination agency that does not have its own intelligence gathering force and is subject to the constraints of other existing intelligence, it is better to directly establish an independent intelligence agency and be directly responsible to the president......

"Very good, tell me about your vision for this institution." Roosevelt was intrigued.

Li Junhao is not a professional intelligence officer, what can he say, but in his previous life, he had no less contact with the deeds of the CIA, the world's largest intelligence organization, which is enough to make a statement.

In his account, this independent intelligence agency, which is directly accountable to the president, is not subject to the supervision of other branches of government, receives operating funds directly from the Congressional Appropriations Committee, and is mainly tasked with collecting and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, terrorist organizations, individuals, politics, culture, science and technology, etc., openly and covertly, coordinating the activities of other intelligence agencies abroad, and is responsible for communicating this information to various government departments;

At the same time, it should have the special ability to carry out covert operations under the authority of the president......

Of course, in the current world situation, the focus of its work is on war intelligence.

Roosevelt's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt that this was the intelligence agency he wanted in his heart, and couldn't help but say with some excitement: "Og, what do you think is the name of this agency?" ”

"The National Intelligence Agency, the CIA, the U.S. ......Intelligence Agency," Li Junhao said, "I think these names will do." ”

After thinking for a moment, Roosevelt said, "The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA for short, is the best name!" ”

Well, you are the president, the final say! Li Junhao said in his heart: This is very good, the previous Intelligence Coordination Bureau and the Strategic Intelligence Bureau will no longer appear, is this a leapfrog change? But what happened next surprised him!

"Ogy, I now want to appoint you as the first CIA director...... Roosevelt said, "and I hope you will accept this appointment and do it well!" ”

Well??? Li Junhao has a string of question marks in front of his eyes and in his head, is this true?

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On the 26th, Li Junhao met Donovan in his office, the former director of the preparatory bureau of the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, who had now been relieved of his original post 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 organization?" ”

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

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

The $400,000 in funding brought by Donovan's joining is not important at all, nor is it the more than 30 nerdy "intelligence analysts" he has recruited, but the important thing is that Donovan is a person, whose special experience in the American intelligence community has allowed many of his students to serve in various government departments.

After Donovan read the document and excitedly expressed his suggestions for the establishment of the new agency, Li Junhao quietly poured him Chinese-style black tea, and only after confirming that it was taken under his command did he officially appoint him as the intelligence director of the preparatory department of the new agency, responsible for the establishment of the intelligence department. As for the people he recruited before, he is still in charge, see how he arranges it!

According to Li Junhao's plan, the CIA will set up five divisions in management, intelligence, operations, science and technology, and service at its headquarters, as well as branches in various states in the United States and corresponding offices in major countries and regions in the world, in an effort to establish a relatively complete intelligence network in the world before the end of World War II.

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In order to find a good office location for the bureau headquarters, Li Junhao went around the Washington area for two days, and finally selected a 16-story building on Langfang Plaza between Independence Avenue and Main Avenue south of the Washington Monument, bought it directly for 3.5 million US dollars, and named the building "King Tower" (King Tower), and then leased it to the newly established CIA for 180,000 US dollars a year, and the rent was adjusted according to the market price every three years.

Well, this is the first fixed asset that Li Junhao really purchased in the United States, and for this purpose, he also set up an investment fund under the name of "King" to operate, which is controlled by his personal assistant Xiaoyu to avoid relevant legal risks in the United States.

The King's Building is enough to accommodate 3,000 people for a centralized office, and the top floor reserved for Li Junhao is all used, with bedrooms, study rooms, offices, assistant rooms, secretary rooms, confidential rooms, weapons rooms, storage rooms and other rooms, and a helicopter platform is specially set up on the roof (at this time, Huey helicopters have come out).

According to Li Junhao's design, the building began to be fully renovated, and only 12 of the most "advanced" elevators of this era were set up; The main body of the building is reinforced, including glass windows and explosion-proof, external electromagnetic screens, three-way power supply and two sets of hidden generator sets......

(End of chapter)