Allocation of Personnel with Knowledge of Far East Countries and Languages Report by J.I.C.

departments an order of priority on which to work. As a result of our discussions with the Directors of Intelligence of India and S.E.A.C., we agree with this suggestion and recommend that an official of adequate standing should be appointed for this purpose, and that he should be responsible to and controlled, as regards policy, by the Chiefs of Staff through the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, London. This official might be either military or civilian and could perhaps be found from the ranks of retired government servants.