1. S.E. Asia and the Far East Int. Organisations; 2. Personality Records of German Ex-Officers; 3. N.A.C. - Discussion on Intelligence Matters; 4. Security Review of Certain Countries; 5. Estimates - B.B.C. Monitoring Service; 6. Liaison with the National Research Council of Canada - Security; 7. "The Defence of the United Kingdom".

A volume of meeting minutes of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain’s intelligence organisations accordingly. The JIC members discussed a vast range of international and domestic issues in their meetings. In this file, subjects documented include the threat of war with the Soviet Union; the foreign policy and military activities of communist China; the organisation of British intelligence operations, including the encouragement of defectors from the Eastern Bloc, and the gathering of intelligence about communist countries; political developments in the Middle East; anti-colonial movements in Kenya and French Indochina; the organisation of NATO; and arrangements for the creation of an independent West Germany.