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'C', Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): Relations Between Foreign Office Staffs Abroad and C's Organisation

16 May 1943

A file of correspondence involving 'C', chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), concerning leakage of information and relations with foreign governments. The letters discuss the implications for foreign relations of two cases; the first involves the deliberate leakage of a document detailing Portuguese collaboration with the allies to establish the worth of an agent inserted into the German intelligence services; the second a secret message to the Greek Prime Minister urging greater political diversity in his government, which when leaked caused a political crisis in Greece.
turkey greece international relations second world war agents security service secret intelligence service leakage of information foreign office intelligence organization peter loxley permanent under-secretary's department german intelligence services governments in exile portuguese east africa anglo-portuguese relations
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Greece Portuguese East Africa Turkey
Document Reference
FO 1093/262/2
Document Types
Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/262
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0262.002
Keywords
Leakage Of Information Agents German Intelligence Services Anglo-portuguese Relations Governments In Exile
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Secret Intelligence Service
Pages
15
Persons Discussed
Peter Loxley
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization International Relations

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