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Orson Welles Commentaries || Brewing civil war in China || The future CIA, possible war with Russia || 1945

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An OSS agent in Nazi France was almost executed as a spy when his only Washington contact was fired and forgotten.
Orson Welles and guest host Williams Hall present two 1945 commentary episodes analyzing post-World War II geopolitics, including the brewing Chinese civil war, the transition of the OSS into what would become the CIA, US-Russia tensions, and the recent overthrow of Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas. Welles mixes historical reporting with personal anecdotes and insider Washington information.

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A sharp 1945 radio snapshot where China, Truman, and Russia sit in the same anxious frame.

Orson Welles Commentaries pulls two late-1945 broadcasts into a compact view of a country in motion: one focused on brewing civil war in China, the other on the future CIA and the possibility of war with Russia.

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