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Special Operations Executive (SOE) Organisation: Relations Between SOE and The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)

19 Jul 1940

A file of reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning cooperation between the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Amongst the documents in this file are a report on the organisation and effectiveness of SOE, covering its activities and relations with other departments; a series of letters and memoranda discussing the creation and composition of a coordination committee for SOE and MI6; letters discussing the jurisdictions of the two organisations; a report on coordination of the two organisations recommending a merger; and a report produced by SOE on the lack of cooperation shown by MI6, giving examples of the damage that has been caused by this, such as the loss of intelligence agents in Denmark.
madagascar turkey france malta gibraltar poland portugal training finland greece russia communications czechoslovakia denmark malaya information sharing norway sweden switzerland siam great britain yugoslavia england palestine second world war liaison agents security service secret intelligence service special operations intelligence gathering sabotage special operations executive chiefs of staff foreign office orme sargent edward bridges british intelligence organisation intelligence funding herbert brittain intelligence organization alexander cadogan peter loxley intelligence operations intelligence services responsibilities ministry of economic warfare horace wilson joint planning staff anthony eden roundell palmer inter-services cooperation permanent under-secretary's department robert vansittart vichy regime frank nelson charles de gaulle hugh dalton
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland France Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Madagascar Malaya Malta Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Russia Siam Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Document Reference
FO 1093/155/2
Document Types
Report Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/155
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0155.002
Keywords
British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Services Responsibilities Inter-services Cooperation Special Operations Intelligence Funding Training Sabotage Liaison Vichy Regime Intelligence Gathering Information Sharing Agents Communications
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Economic Warfare Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Special Operations Executive Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
88
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Herbert Brittain Alexander Cadogan Hugh Dalton Anthony Eden Charles de Gaulle Peter Loxley Frank Nelson Roundell Palmer Orme Sargent Robert Vansittart Horace Wilson
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization Intelligence Operations

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