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1. Italian African Possessions. Economic Intelligence About:; 2. Middle East. Soviet Threat to British Interests in:

1939

It was agreed:(a) to invite the Ministry of Economic Warfare to undertake responsibility for the collation of information about the economic situation in Italian African possessions; (b) to instruct the Secretary to inform the Middle East Intelligence Centre of this decision. 2. SOVIET THREAT TO BRITISH INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (Paper No. J.I.C. (40) 1). (Previous Reference J.I.C. (39) 16th Meeting, Minute 1). THE SUB-COMMITTEE took note of a note by the Secretary (Paper No. J.I.C. (40) 1) covering a report, which had been prepared by the Sub-Committee set up for the purpose in accordance with Minute 1 of the (39) 16th Meeting of the Sub-Committee; and of the fact that this report had been forwarded to the Foreign Office in accordance with the procedure suggested in paragraph 2 of the above-mentioned paper, to which the agreement of the Sub-Committee had been obtained.
colonies economic intelligence surveillance second world war intelligence gathering soviet foreign policy joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization ministry of economic warfare victor cavendish-bentinck predicting enemy intentions andrew barnard italian government middle east intelligence centre
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/87/21
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 81/87
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0087.021
Keywords
Economic Intelligence Colonies Italian Government British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Gathering Predicting Enemy Intentions Soviet Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Middle East Intelligence Centre Ministry of Economic Warfare
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Andrew Barnard Victor Cavendish-Bentinck
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Meetings. September 1939 - November 1940. Numbers 1-18 & (40) 1-70. Volume II
Themes
Surveillance Intelligence Organization