A file of reports, correspondence and memoranda concerning the organisation of the Security Service (MI5). Documents and topics of discussion in this file include staff arrangements, including the appointment of a new director of the service; the retirement age for members of the service; attempts to make financial economies; a report containing arguments for and against the establishment of a new overseas division; an agreement with the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) that at some point in the future the two services would move to a shared headquarters; a series of letters forming part of a dispute over the roles and responsibilities of the two services, in particular intelligence gathering and operations abroad; and a directive to the Director-General of MI5 outlining his duties and responsibilities.
- Collection ID
- CAB301
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Belgium Cyprus Egypt Eritrea Great Britain Israel Italy Palestine
- Document Reference
- CAB 301/30/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 301/30
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab301.0030.002
- Keywords
- British Intelligence Organisation Personnel Intelligence Services Responsibilities Intelligence Gathering Counter-intelligence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Abwehr Commonwealth Relations Office Foreign Office Government Code and Cypher School Secret Service Bureau Secret Intelligence Service Security Service
- Pages
- 63
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges Guy Liddell Stewart Menzies David Petrie Orme Sargent Percy Sillitoe William Strang Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
