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Establishment of a Joint Intelligence Bureau in the Middle East

1 Jun 1938

A N N E X I. JOINT INTELLIGENCE CENTRE IN THE MIDLLE EAST. PRESENT POSITION. 1. A Paper on the establishment of a Combined Intelligence Centre in the Middle East (C.I.D. Paper No. 1548-B, attached as Annex II) was laid before the Committee of Imperial Defence at their 356th Meeting on the 11th May, 1939. 2. It will be seen that in this Paper the establishment of a comprehensive Combined Bureau, containing political as well as Service representatives, was considered impracticable for the reasons given in paragraph 8 of the Paper, and it was proposed to establish immediately a purely Service Intelligence Centre to deal with Naval, Military and Air Intelligence.
india afghanistan turkey politics iran egypt iraq yemen libya syria saudi arabia information sharing italy propaganda palestine surveillance second world war arab world military intelligence security service intelligence gathering joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization stewart menzies frederick beaumont-nesbitt intelligence channels intelligence services responsibilities abyssinia joint planning staff committee of imperial defence joint intelligence bureau victor cavendish-bentinck inter-services cooperation hastings ismay industrial intelligence centre deputy chiefs of staff middle east intelligence centre arthur cornwall-jones
Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Abyssinia Afghanistan Egypt India Iran Iraq Italy Libya Palestine Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey Yemen
Document Reference
CAB 56/4/35
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 56/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0004.035
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Gathering Information Sharing Intelligence Services Responsibilities Inter-services Cooperation Intelligence Channels Propaganda Politics Arab World Military Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Deputy Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Industrial Intelligence Centre Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff Middle East Intelligence Centre Security Service
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Arthur Cornwall-Jones Hastings Ismay Stewart Menzies
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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