abstract:The Office of Censorship was an emergency wartime agency set up on December 19, 1941 to aid in the censorship of all communications coming into and going out of the United States.
An office ofhighrank, entrustedonly to menwho had previouslyserved asconsuls, the censorshipencompassedfinancialandaccountingresponsibilitiesrelated to taxationandpopulationmanagement.