A file of correspondence and reports concerning the appointment of a successor after the death of Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair ('C'), the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Documents in this file include letters nominating various successors; the resumés for two candidates; a report on the personality and abilities of one of the candidates, Commander G. Muirhead-Gould; a letter discussing the effectiveness of MI6’s previous operations, including its penetration of foreign intelligence services; and a letter from the admiralty complaining about shortcomings in cryptography and the lack of intelligence available on the German navy.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Belgium China France Germany India Luxembourg
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/127/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- FO 1093/127
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0127.002
- Keywords
- British Intelligence Organisation Personnel Intelligence Reports Intelligence Gathering Politics Intelligence Requirements
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Committee of Imperial Defence Foreign Office Naval Intelligence Division Secret Intelligence Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 38
- Persons Discussed
- Alexander Cadogan Gladwyn Jebb Stewart Menzies Hugh Sinclair Horace Wilson
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
