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The Findlater Stewart Report and Prime Minister's Directive to the Director General of the Security Service (MI5)

27 Nov 1945

A file containing the report by Sir Samuel Findlater Stewart on the Security Service (MI5), and Prime Minister Clement Attlee's directive to the new MI5 Director General, along with correspondence and memoranda discussing both documents. Amongst the topics of discussion in this file are the history of MI5 and the roles and activities performed by it; the staffing and financing of MI5; the contents of the intelligence archives, including list of potentially subversive British citizens; discussions of the ministerial responsibility for the service; the relationship between MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), including problems of overlap and duplication; assessments of MI5’s success in carrying out its designated tasks; and recommendations by Findlater Stewart for the future improvement of the service.
india security united kingdom belgium refugees gibraltar united states of america canada greece germany russia finances interrogation aliens recruitment great britain soviet union scotland cold war palestine surveillance personnel counter-intelligence security service secret intelligence service subversion intelligence gathering sabotage chiefs of staff ernest bevin foreign office orme sargent edward bridges john anderson british intelligence organisation intelligence organization alexander cadogan stewart menzies intelligence operations intelligence services responsibilities communications interception vernon kell committee of imperial defence david petrie warren fisher maurice hankey abwehr government code and cypher school percy sillitoe british intelligence archives double agents clement attlee robert vansittart cyphers secret service bureau directorate of military intelligence
Collection ID
CAB301
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Belgium Canada Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece India Palestine Russia Scotland Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 301/31/2
Document Types
Report Correspondence Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 301/31
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab301.0031.002
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation British Intelligence Archives Intelligence Gathering Counter-intelligence Communications Interception Double Agents Cyphers Aliens Interrogation Refugees Subversion Surveillance Security Sabotage Finances Personnel Intelligence Services Responsibilities Recruitment
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Directorate of Military Intelligence Foreign Office Government Code and Cypher School Secret Service Bureau Secret Intelligence Service Security Service
Pages
106
Persons Discussed
John Anderson Clement Attlee Ernest Bevin Edward Bridges Alexander Cadogan Warren Fisher Maurice Hankey Vernon Kell Stewart Menzies David Petrie Orme Sargent Percy Sillitoe Robert Vansittart
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization Surveillance Intelligence Operations

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