Oversea Defence Committee - Secret Intelligence Files

Document Title	Oversea Defence Committee
Reference	FO 1093/571
Document Date	31 August 1946 - 3 September 1946
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Intelligence Organisation and Administration
Regions	Africa, East Asia, South Asia
Countries	Burma, India, Rhodesia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia
Document Type	Memoranda, Miscellany
Organisations	Committee of Imperial Defence, Foreign Office, Joint Planning Staff, Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
People	John Anderson, Alexander Bethell, Edward Bridges, Christopher Courtney, Robert Haining, William Hayter, Leslie Hollis, Richard Peirse, Henry Pownall, Orme Sargent, Horace Wilson

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imperial defence, former colonies, British intelligence organisation, intelligence requirements

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