A file containing a report produced after the Second World War concerning the future organisation of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Subjects discussed in the report include the role of MI6 and its scope of operations; the size of MI6 post-war; the recruitment of personnel; methods of collecting and distributing intelligence; information sharing and liaison with other branches of the secret services, government departments, and foreign intelligence services; counter-espionage strategy and techniques; the use of civilian organisations and companies abroad as fronts for espionage; scientific research and intelligence gathering; cyphers and codebreaking; and future intelligence requirements and priorities.
- Collection ID
- CAB301
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Azores Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burma Chile China Colombia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Guatemala Haiti Holland Hungary Iceland India Indochina Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Korea Lebanon Luxembourg Malaya Mexico Morocco Netherlands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Persia Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Portuguese East Africa Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Siam South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Yemen Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 301/48/2
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 301/48
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab301.0048.002
- Keywords
- British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Services Responsibilities Recruitment Personnel Secrecy Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Distribution Information Sharing Liaison Inter-services Cooperation Counter-espionage Special Operations Communications Scientific Research Finances Intelligence Funding Cyphers Codebreaking Intelligence Priorities Intelligence Requirements
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Abwehr Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Government Code and Cypher School Ministry of Defence Ministry of Economic Warfare Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Security Service Services Liaison Department Sicherheitsdienst United Nations Secret Intelligence Service
- Pages
- 38
- Persons Discussed
- Nevile Bland Herbert Brittain Alexander Cadogan Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francisco Franco Francis Inglis Peter Loxley Bernard Montgomery Edmund Rushbrooke John Sinclair Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
