Military Intelligence Division had created an extremely secret psychological warfare office at about the time that the COI was established; this had broad intelligence and policy functions, but no operational facilities. It was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Percy Black, who began auspiciously by putting Dr. Edwin Guthrie in office as his senior psychological adviser. This ultra-quiet office was called Special Study Group; it and the COI developed very loose cooperative relations, consisting chiefly of SSG making suggestions to COI which COI might or might not use as it saw fit. Meanwhile, the Rockefeller Office was conducting independent broadcasts to Latin America; the Office of Facts and Figures was dispensing domestic information; and at the height of the psychological warfare campaigning, there were at least nine unrelated agencies in Washington, all directly connected with psychological warfare, and none actually subject to the control of any of the others.[28] [Illustration: _Chart I_ STATE-------WAR---------PRESIDENT--WHITE--OFFICE OF-NAVY--------OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT | +--HOUSE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC | | | | STAFF WARFARE | SERVICES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2 I&E BPR | | |-------++---------+-+----------++ | +---+-----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OFFICE OF EACH THEATER OFFICE OF----OTHER-----OTHER----INTER-ALLIED COORDINATOR--------+| |+----WAR CABINET WAR FACILITIES OF INTER- INFORMATION AGENCIES AGENCIES AMERICAN--------+ +-----+ | +--+ AFFAIRS | | | | | | | | | SEMIOFFICIAL | | | +-----+ PRIVATE UNOFFICIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL ^ ^ AGENCIES---------AGENCIES RADIO (PRIVATE) | | PUBLISHERS | | | | | | ANYBODY <--- WHO FELT LIKE TRYING (Source: The author's observations.)]