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Intelligence. Urgent Reports. Directive by the Chiefs of Staff Committee

1 May 1940

A volume of reports, memoranda, and correspondence from the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain’s intelligence organisations accordingly. The JIC members discussed a vast range of international and domestic issues in their meetings. In this file, subjects documented include the potential German invasion of the United Kingdom; defence against an invasion; reports on the military capabilities of Italy, Spain, and Portugal; possible German secret weapons, including chemical and biological weapons; early warnings of an invasion; evacuation plans and instructions to British civilians in the event of an invasion; propaganda and censorship arrangements; the security of British territory in Africa and the Middle East; and domestic security, including the monitoring of aliens and arrangements to counter an invasion by disguised enemy soldiers.
second world war joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence organization intelligence reports richard peirse
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/97/3
Document Types
Directive
File Reference
CAB 81/97
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.003
Keywords
Intelligence Reports British Intelligence Organisation
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Richard Peirse
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. May - July 1940. Papers Numbers. JIC 71-194. Volume VII
Themes
Intelligence Organization