Portugal: British Embassy Lisbon

A file of reports and correspondence discussing the organisation of the British intelligence services based at the British embassy in Lisbon. The reports examine the lack of coordination between the multiple intelligence agencies simultaneously operating in Lisbon, and put forward suggestions for reorganisation and better control. The report also gives details of staff numbers, morale and working-hours, and examples of the problems caused by the lack of proper oversight, including a British general who was caught buying weapons from the French and selling them to Israeli Zionist organisations.