the possibility of their licenses being revoked if they deferred from ICD guidelines. The final stage of this process was the removal of all restrictions and scrutiny by American forces and the rendering of complete media control to German civilians. The ICD maintained specific criteria for who they would grant licenses for content creation. The ICD only granted media licenses to German individuals and did not allow licenses to be distributed to corporations. Control of German media was officially handed over to the Germans in 1949 and the need for most of ICD the facilities and its operations lessened. See also Allied-occupied Germany Office of Strategic Services Psychological warfare Denazification Reconstruction of Germany Democratization References Wikipedia Student Program Psychological operations units and formations of the United States Army Cold War Allied occupation of Germany