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1. Lord Bearsted's Committee on Japanese Armaments; 2. Responsbility for Coast Defence Intelligence; 3. Visit of I.S.T.D. Representative to the Middle East; 4. A Certain Operation - Leakage of Information; 5. Publicity of Preparations for a Certain Operation

1942

4. A CERTAIN OPERATION LEAKAGE OF INFORMATION. (Previous Reference: J.I.C.(42) 50th Meeting (0), Item 1). THE SUB-COMMITTEE had before them a Minute by the Secretary (JIC/159/42) dated 22nd November, 1942, which had been circulated to the members of the Sub-Committee. In this Minute the Sub-Committee were reminded that at their (42) 50th Meeting, Item 1, they had (a) Instructed the Service members of the Inter-Services Security Board to consult with the Legal Advisers of their Ministries regarding the best means of attaining the object sought in a recommendation of the Board to the effect that instructions should be given that the Board should be consulted before any action leading to a Court Martial was initiated, in cases of leakage of information where a future operation appeared to be involved; (b) Recommended that when persons are convicted before Courts Martial of being concerned in a leakage of information regarding operations, the maximum publicity should be given to the conviction and sentences, after the danger to security of publicity ceased to exist.
security armaments surveillance second world war military intelligence coastal defence leakage of information joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office intelligence services responsibilities ministry of economic warfare victor cavendish-bentinck denis capel-dunn francis inglis edmund rushbrooke geoffrey vickers press reports topographical intelligence inter-services security board francis davidson invasion of french north africa operation torch thomas haddon inter-services topographical department battle plans
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/90/59
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 81/90
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0090.059
Keywords
Armaments Intelligence Services Responsibilities Coastal Defence Topographical Intelligence Battle Plans Security Leakage Of Information Operation Torch Press Reports Invasion Of French North Africa
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Economic Warfare Inter-Services Topographical Department Inter-Services Security Board
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Thomas Haddon Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Meetings. January - December 1942. Numbers 1-63. Volume IV
Themes
Surveillance Military Intelligence

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