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Relations Between the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence and Chiefs of Staff

8 Jan 1948

A file of correspondence and memoranda discussing relations and liaison between the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Defence, and the Chiefs of Staff. The documents include arguments for a new system of liaison; the objections of the Chiefs of Staff to the proposals; discussions of various communications procedures; a debate about the role of the military planning department and its sources of intelligence; and complaints about poor communications between departments and the failure of personnel to follow the correct communications procedures.
india malta greece communications information sharing burma cold war liaison ministry of defence william hayter joint intelligence staff john gardiner chiefs of staff ernest bevin commonwealth relations office foreign office orme sargent william strang british intelligence organisation intelligence organization intelligence channels intelligence distribution joint planning staff leslie hollis services liaison department permanent under-secretary's department clement attlee operations planning joint planning committee british strategy ivone kirkpatrick
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Burma Greece India Malta
Document Reference
FO 1093/526/2
Document Types
Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/526
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0526.002
Keywords
Liaison Communications Information Sharing Operations Planning Intelligence Channels British Strategy Intelligence Distribution British Intelligence Organisation
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Ministry of Defence Commonwealth Relations Office Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Committee Joint Planning Staff Services Liaison Department Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
57
Persons Discussed
Clement Attlee Ernest Bevin John Gardiner William Hayter Leslie Hollis Ivone Kirkpatrick Orme Sargent William Strang
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization

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