History: Established in OSD by Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953, effective June 30, 1953. Abolished, effective February 6, 1959, pursuant to the DOD Reorganization Act (72 Stat. 514), August 6, 1958, with legislative functions transferred to newly established Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) and public affairs functions to newly established Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).
