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Establishment of a Joint Intelligence Bureau in the Middle East. Note by the Secretary

1 Jun 1938

Intelligence Sub-Committee. 6. (a) To discuss the question of personnel for the Centre and to report progress made in nominating them. The suggested establishment for officers and clerks is given in Appendix I of the Charter. (b) To agree to Lt. Colonel W.J. Cawthorn, Indian Army, as first Head of the Centre. 7. To fix a date by which the Centre should start work and from which appointments should be dated. 1st August, 1939, is provisionally suggested. 8. To discuss broadly the question of the Centre's sources of information and arrangements with the Foreign Office, Colonial Office and India Office for information from civil sources to be repeated to the Centre.
india kenya iran egypt sudan iraq yemen syria malta gibraltar saudi arabia french somaliland finances information sharing transjordan propaganda palestine surveillance second world war british army royal navy military intelligence royal air force security service somaliland intelligence gathering informants joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization intelligence channels intelligence services responsibilities committee of imperial defence joint intelligence bureau inter-services cooperation intelligence requirements joint intelligence sub-committee duties middle east intelligence centre british somaliland
Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
British Somaliland Egypt French Somaliland Gibraltar India Iran Iraq Kenya Malta Palestine Saudi Arabia Somaliland Sudan Syria Transjordan Yemen
Document Reference
CAB 56/4/38
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 56/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0004.038
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Gathering Information Sharing Intelligence Services Responsibilities Inter-services Cooperation Intelligence Channels Finances Joint Intelligence Sub-committee Duties Informants Military Intelligence Propaganda Intelligence Requirements Royal Navy British Army Royal Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff Middle East Intelligence Centre Security Service
Pages
12
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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