1. Intelligence Section (Operations); 2. Charter of the I.S.S.B.; 3. Enemy Prisoners of War

A volume of meeting minutes of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain’s intelligence organisations accordingly. The JIC members discussed a vast range of international and domestic issues in their meetings. In this file, subjects documented include the organisation of the intelligence services; intelligence operations and requirements; Anglo-American intelligence cooperation; aerial reconnaissance; prisoners of war, including possible exchanges; the political situation in the U.S.S.R. and Turkey; security for Operation Torch and the raid on Dieppe; German allegations of war crimes at Dieppe; Axis oil supplies; political warfare; censorship and the leakage of information; and the distribution of intelligence between services and agencies.