A file of reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes relating to the organisation of British intelligence during and immediately after the Second World War. The earlier items in the file focus on the duties and responsibilities of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC), including the committee's charter; liaison with government departments and British intelligence committees abroad; a brief history of the JIC since 1936; and the structure of British intelligence distribution. Later items concern British intelligence more generally, including post-war intelligence requirements; plans for post-war defence organisation; the need for better economic intelligence during and after the war; responsibility for the production of reports; the centralisation of British intelligence; and the exchange of information with American intelligence services.
- Collection ID
- CAB163
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Argentina Australia Brazil Burma Canada China Crete Egypt England France Germany Gold Coast Great Britain India Iran Iraq Italy Japan Korea Libya Malaya Malta Norway Pakistan Palestine Persia Poland Russia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 163/6/2
- Document Types
- Report Correspondence Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 163/6
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab163.0006.002
- Keywords
- British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Reports Intelligence Distribution Information Sharing American Intelligence Services Anglo-american Relations Air Raid Precautions Threat Of War With The Ussr Air Power Bombing Defence Contingency Planning Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions Allies Intelligence Channels Cover Plans Operations Planning Deception Intelligence Services Responsibilities Joint Intelligence Sub-committee Duties Liaison Intelligence Requirements Personnel Colonies Empire Communism Politics Economic Intelligence Intelligence Funding Aircraft Air Raids Economic Warfare Blockades Military Intelligence Propaganda Political Warfare Censorship Communications Interception Topographical Intelligence Photographic Reconnaissance Aerial Reconnaissance Industrial Intelligence Technology Weapons Development Scientific Research Post-war Planning Diplomatic Intelligence Foreign Policy Geographic Intelligence Inter-services Cooperation Signals Air Intelligence Captured Documents Shipping Military Supplies Military Situation Reports
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Axis Planning Section British Joint Services Mission Central Intelligence Agency Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Deputy Chiefs of Staff Directorate of Military Intelligence Foreign Office Future Operations (Enemy) Section Government Code and Cypher School Industrial Intelligence Centre Intelligence Section (Operations) Inter-Service Intelligence Committee Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Committee (Washington) Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Committee Joint Planning Staff Joint Staff Mission League of Nations Ministry of Defence Ministry of Economic Warfare Naval Intelligence Division Political Warfare Executive Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Services Liaison Department Situation Report Centre Special Operations Executive Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force United Nations Inter-Services Topographical Department Inter-Services Security Board Security Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 256
- Persons Discussed
- Andrew Barnard Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Edward Bridges Alexander Cadogan Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Andrew Cunningham Francis Davidson John Gardiner Paul Gleadell John Godfrey Thomas Haddon Maurice Hankey William Hayter Leslie Hollis Hastings Ismay Francis Inglis Edward King-Salter Peter Loxley Stewart Menzies Douglas Packard Lawrence Pendred David Petrie Edmund Rushbrooke Percy Sillitoe John Sinclair Ralph Skrine Stevenson Kenneth Strong Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
