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Secret Service Funding: Defence Departments

12 Feb 1940

A file of correspondence concerning the funding of British intelligence operations abroad during the Second World War. Subjects covered in the file include estimates of funding requirements from the Secret Service Vote; the provision of military equipment for irregular warfare in the Balkans and Italian East Africa; a British mission to eradicate "hostile elements" in the Free French regime in Syria; the provision of entertainment and gifts for Arab sheikhs; the finances of various intelligence-gathering operations by the Ministry of Economic Warfare abroad and the administrative responsibility for financing these operations; and the production of counterfeit sterling notes by the German government. The file also includes a short report on the low public morale and lack of political engagement in Germany following the failure of a plot to assassinate Hitler in July 1944, and the subsequent political influence of Heinrich Himmler.
thailand singapore china trade kenya turkey northern ireland united kingdom egypt syria gibraltar portugal jordan united states of america greece germany united nations australia bribery censorship colonies currencies diplomacy entertainment malaya finances ireland italy military missions norway propaganda public opinion romania rhodesia spain sweden switzerland great britain yugoslavia oil fuel economic intelligence england crete second world war arab world military spending equipment military supplies empire german government adolf hitler security service secret intelligence service subversion morale intelligence gathering secret police assassinations foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence funding herbert brittain thomas bromley peter loxley frederick beaumont-nesbitt intelligence channels nazi party free french effects of bombing intelligence operations irregular warfare nazi leadership intelligence services responsibilities ministry of economic warfare post-war planning home front italian east africa nazi-occupied europe military shortages hermann göring british west africa public morale underground resistance communications interception gladwyn jebb
Collection ID
CAB301
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia British West Africa China Crete Egypt England Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Ireland Italian East Africa Italy Jordan Kenya Malaya Northern Ireland Norway Portugal Rhodesia Romania Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 301/4/2
Document Types
Correspondence Report
File Reference
CAB 301/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab301.0004.002
Keywords
Finances Intelligence Funding Military Spending British Intelligence Organisation Equipment Military Supplies Underground Resistance Subversion Irregular Warfare Currencies Military Missions Intelligence Gathering Empire Colonies Bribery Free French Diplomacy Entertainment Arab World Intelligence Channels Trade Economic Intelligence Intelligence Services Responsibilities Nazi-occupied Europe Home Front Assassinations Nazi Leadership Nazi Party German Government Propaganda Communications Interception Censorship Morale Public Opinion Public Morale Oil Fuel Military Shortages Effects Of Bombing Secret Police Post-war Planning
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Ministry of Economic Warfare Secret Intelligence Service Security Service United Nations
Pages
137
Persons Discussed
Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Herbert Brittain Thomas Bromley Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Gladwyn Jebb Peter Loxley
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Funding Intelligence Operations

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