BBC Monitoring Service and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)

A file of reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning the BBC monitoring service. Subjects discussed in this file include the relationship between the monitoring service and the British government, and arrangements for the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) to act as an intermediary between them; the inadequacy of American monitoring efforts; monitoring priorities, with the Soviet Union being the primary target and military intelligence the most vital area of information; the distribution of monitoring reports to government departments; the organisation of monitoring, and the various types of report; a detailed report describing Soviet broadcasting, including the techniques used, and the targets at which it was aimed; and a report on the broadcasting work of the Soviet news agency TASS.