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A Combined Intelligence Bureau for the Middle East. Note by the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office

1 Jun 1938

receives no less than 26 Intelligence Diaries and Summaries monthly from Egypt, the Arab countries and Iran, in addition to a very large number of other reports. Probably the Air Ministry receives an equal number and the same applies in a greater or less degree to other interested Departments. (f) Alternatively, the present system leaves gaps in our Intelligence. Close liaison between the various Intelligence officers or organisations concerned depends too much upon the individual and not enough on the system, an arrangement which, with the best will in the world, can never be foolproof.
india afghanistan kenya turkey politics iran egypt sudan iraq yemen libya syria malta gibraltar saudi arabia jordan diplomacy french somaliland information sharing italy transjordan palestine surveillance second world war security service somaliland intelligence gathering joint intelligence sub-committee foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization intelligence channels intelligence services responsibilities intelligence reports abyssinia committee of imperial defence inter-services cooperation aden british somaliland italian somaliland
Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Abyssinia Afghanistan British Somaliland Egypt French Somaliland Gibraltar India Iran Iraq Italian Somaliland Italy Jordan Kenya Libya Malta Palestine Saudi Arabia Somaliland Sudan Syria Transjordan Turkey Yemen
Document Reference
CAB 56/4/9
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 56/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0004.009
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Gathering Politics Diplomacy Information Sharing Intelligence Reports Intelligence Services Responsibilities Aden Intelligence Channels Inter-services Cooperation
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Security Service
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Committee of Imperial Defence. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. June 1938 - August 1939. Papers Numbers JIC 71-110. Volume III
Themes
Intelligence Organization Surveillance

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