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1. Certain Operations; 2. Operations Pending or in Progress. Secrecy RE:; 3. Italy. Possible Military Courses Open to:; 4. Daily Summary. Grading of Reliability of Reports in:; 5. "Fifth Column" Activities; 6. Early Warning of Invasion

1939

4. GRADING OF RELIABILITY OF REPORTS IN THE DAILY SUMMARY. THE DIRECTOR OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE raised the point as to whether items of intelligence in the Daily summary should be graded, e.g., B(2) etc. to show their reliability. This was discussed. THE COMMITTEE agreed:To continue the present system whereby items in the Daily Summary should not be graded. 5. FIFTH COLUMN ACTIVITIES. THE SUB-COMMITTEE had under consideration a note by the Secretary, Paper Non J.I.C.(40)85, explaining that the Memorandum approved at the 35th Meeting held on the 26th May was not suitable in that form for circulation on a large scale.
italy surveillance second world war security service secret intelligence service secrecy intelligence gathering joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization stewart menzies intelligence reports victor cavendish-bentinck intelligence requirements operations planning invasion threat predicting enemy intentions john godfrey italian government c edwards
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
CAB 81/87/56
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 81/87
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0087.056
Keywords
Secrecy Operations Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Italian Government Intelligence Reports British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Requirements Invasion Threat Intelligence Gathering
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Secret Intelligence Service Security Service
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck C Edwards John Godfrey Stewart Menzies
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
Intelligence Organization Surveillance

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