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India: Intelligence Gathering Post Independence

10 Mar 1947

A file of correspondence and memoranda relating to intelligence organisation and gathering in newly-independent India. The documents discuss liaison and information sharing between the Indian and British intelligence services; the necessity for the creation of a covert intelligence-gathering apparatus in India; intelligence gathering in Burma; the need to investigate communism and Soviet influence in India; an instruction not to engage Indians as agents for security reasons; and the decision by the prime minister to close down intelligence gathering activities in India.
pakistan india politics communism malaya information sharing burma cold war liaison security service secret intelligence gathering william hayter chiefs of staff foreign office orme sargent former colonies edward bridges intelligence organization indian political intelligence permanent under-secretary's department indian intelligence services
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Burma India Malaya Pakistan
Document Reference
FO 1093/439/2
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
FO 1093/439
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0439.002
Keywords
Former Colonies Liaison Indian Intelligence Services Secret Intelligence Gathering Information Sharing Politics Communism
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Indian Political Intelligence Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges William Hayter Orme Sargent
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization

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