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Joint Intelligence Committee: administration, structure, and functions of the committee; papers relating to the transmission of intelligence reports

24 Feb 1948

A file of Cabinet Office reports, correspondence, and memoranda concerning the organisation of British intelligence. Items in the file include revised charters for the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC); complete lists of previous directors of naval and air intelligence; and plans for intelligence mobilisation, covering subjects such as responsibilities for the provision of different types of intelligence, the circulation of intelligence papers, and the security implications of opening department records after 50 years. The file also contains two reports on the history of the JIC from its inception in 1936 up to 1955, including summaries of the various areas of intelligence over which the JIC had responsibility; arrangements for information sharing with the United States of America, the Commonwealth, and NATO; and numerous charts illustrating British intelligence organisation, along with handwritten notes made in preparation for these reports.
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Collection ID
CAB163
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Australia Austria British Guiana Canada Ceylon China Denmark France Germany Gibraltar Gold Coast Guatemala Guiana India Iraq Israel Japan Kenya Korea Luxembourg Malaya Mexico Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Norway Nyasaland Pakistan Panama Poland Rhodesia Russia Singapore South Africa Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 163/8/2
Document Types
Report Correspondence Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 163/8
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab163.0008.002
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Services Responsibilities Intelligence Channels Intelligence Distribution Scientific Research Technology Intelligence Reports Personnel Joint Intelligence Sub-committee Duties Military Intelligence Liaison Information Sharing Allies Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Requirements Photographic Reconnaissance Aerial Reconnaissance Former Colonies Missiles Weapons Development Defence Telegraph Communications Communications Hong Kong Colonies Empire Air Intelligence Naval Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Axis Planning Section British Joint Services Mission Central Intelligence Agency Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Commonwealth Relations Office Directorate of Military Intelligence Foreign Office Future Operations (Enemy) Section Government Communications Headquarters Industrial Intelligence Centre Inter-Service Intelligence Committee Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East) Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Local Intelligence Committee Ministry of Defence Ministry of Economic Warfare Naval Intelligence Division Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Situation Report Centre Special Operations Executive BBC Monitoring Requirements Sub-Committee Defectors Sub-Committee Intelligence Mobilisation Plans Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Board Metric Security Sub-Committee Security Sub-Committee
Pages
184
Persons Discussed
J Atkinson Alexander Bethell Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Valentine Boucher Norman Brook Harold Caccia Denis Capel-Dunn Charles Carstairs Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Christopher Courtney Francis Davidson Patrick Dean Thomas Elmhirst Francis Fressanges John Gardiner Paul Gleadell Robert Haining Roger Hollis Francis Inglis John Inglis Eric Jones Charles Medhurst Stewart Menzies Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Douglas Packard Edward Parry Richard Peirse Lawrence Pendred Patrick Reilly Edmund Rushbrooke Eric Searight Arthur Shortt Percy Sillitoe John Sinclair William Strang Kenneth Strong Gerald Templer Dick White
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization Intelligence Operations

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