A volume of reports commissioned for 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. A vast range of international and domestic issues are investigated and analysed in the JIC’s reports. Subjects covered in this file include morale in Germany and Italy; the progress of Operation Barbarossa; Axis strategy and supply problems in Libya; the repatriation of prisoners of war; the standardisation of Allied code names; the sharing of intelligence with Turkey and Portugal; the views of senior members of the German army on the Nazi Party and the progress of the war; preparations for the Pacific War; rumours designed to undermine German morale; British airfield security; cover plans for military operations; and the strategic importance of Naples.