JIC/49/ME 18th May, 1945 JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Organisation of Intelligence in the Middle East PREAMBLE 1. We have been requested by the Commanders-in-Chief, Middle East, to submit recommendations on the re-organisation of intelligence in the Middle East. 2. We have confined our proposals to certain principles of organisation shown by the experience of all three Services to be most suitable for the conditions peculiar to the Middle East Command. The conclusions of the ALLEN+ report have been taken into consideration.