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Description

A file of reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes relating to the organisation of British intelligence during and immediately after the Second World War. The earlier items in the file focus on the duties and responsibilities of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC), including the committee's charter; liaison with government departments and British intelligence committees abroad; a brief history of the JIC since 1936; and the structure of British intelligence distribution. Later items concern British intelligence more generally, including post-war intelligence requirements; plans for post-war defence organisation; the need for better economic intelligence during and after the war; responsibility for the production of reports; the centralisation of British intelligence; and the exchange of information with American intelligence services.

Keywords

British intelligence organisation, intelligence reports, intelligence distribution, information sharing, American intelligence services, Anglo-American relations, air raid precautions, threat of war with the USSR, air power, bombing, defence, contingency planning, assessing enemy strength, predicting enemy intentions, allies, intelligence channels, cover plans, operations planning, deception, intelligence services responsibilities, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee duties, liaison, intelligence requirements, personnel, colonies, empire, communism, politics, economic intelligence, intelligence funding, aircraft, air raids, economic warfare, blockades, military intelligence, propaganda, political warfare, censorship, communications interception, topographical intelligence, photographic reconnaissance, aerial reconnaissance, industrial intelligence, technology, weapons development, scientific research, post-war planning, diplomatic intelligence, foreign policy, geographic intelligence, inter-services cooperation, signals, air intelligence, captured documents, shipping, military supplies, military situation reports