TOP SECRET ANNEX COMMENTS BY THE POINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ON SIR HENRY GURNEY'S DESPATCH NO. 5 DATED 30TH MAY, 1949. Paragraph 9 1. The despatch could be read to mean that one of the functions of Special Branches of the colonial Police is to appraise political intelligence and to draw the right deductions from it. While we recognise that for certain purposes it may be desirable that senior police officers should be expected to perform these functions, it is our view that when an appraisal of political intelligence is required as a basis for the formulation of civil policy, the responsibility for such appraisal should rest with the Governor, advised by the Colonial Secretariat and, in appropriate cases, by the Local Intelligence Committee (L.I.C.) if and when established.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Federation of Malaya Malaya Singapore
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/8/25
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/8
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0008.025
- Keywords
- Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Reports British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Channels Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Services Responsibilities Colonies Security Defence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Local Intelligence Committee Ministry of Defence Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- William Hayter Douglas Packard Lawrence Pendred Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
