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John Ohly’s “Grand Strategy” Files: The Missing Majestic Link Between the “Grand Joint Operation” and the “Shadow GHQ.”

This post connects the Shadow GHQ, James Forrestal's Grand Joint Operation, NSC 10-2, and MJ-12. Buried in an official OSD history are five high-level meetings called “Grand Strategy,” held between April and June 1948, which coincide with the development and creation of NSC 10/2. I trace these meetings through James Forrestal’s Special Assistant for National Security, John Ohly, and connect them to the Shadow GHQ meeting and March 1949 Grand Joint Operation to reconstruct the architecture thr...