A file of directives and memoranda discussing post-war planning for special operations, and the future of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The documents include several drafts and a final version of a directive laying out the information that had to be prepared in readiness for short-term operations planning, to allow special operations to be launched as speedily as possible. This includes background political and economic intelligence about the country in which the operation was to take place, as well as up-to-date intelligence about the armed forces and security services, and potential covert methods of entry and exit. The file also includes memoranda discussing the future of SOE after the end of the war, and the need for the cooperation of the various branches of British intelligence when planning special operations.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Austria Burma China Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece India Iraq Italy Lebanon Norway Persia Russia Soviet Union Sweden Turkey
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/347/2
- Document Types
- Directive Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/347
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0347.002
- Keywords
- Special Operations Operations Planning Inter-services Cooperation Intelligence Requirements Contingency Planning British Intelligence Organisation
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Planning Staff Special Operations Executive Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Secret Intelligence Service
- Pages
- 48
- Persons Discussed
- Harold Caccia Alexander Cadogan John Gardiner Paul Gleadell Thomas Haddon Leslie Hollis Stewart Menzies Bernard Montgomery Orme Sargent William Strang
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization Surveillance
