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Brief notes on the Security Service and its work prepared for Permanent Under-Secretaries,...
Catalogue reference: KV 4/158
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This record is about the Brief notes on the Security Service and its work prepared for Permanent Under-Secretaries,... dating from 1946 Oct 01-1954 Sep 24 in the series The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 4/158
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946 Oct 01-1954 Sep 24
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Brief notes on the Security Service and its work prepared for Permanent Under-Secretaries, Service Intelligence Depts, CIGS, Courses etc. As well as papers aimed at setting the Security Service's work in its true perspective for the benefit of outsiders, there is a 24-page folder entitled 'The Security Service, a brief outline', intended for both internal and external use. There is also some interesting material giving examples of breaches of security during the war and how they were dealt with
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- POLF50-24-50 VOL 2
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11090146/
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KV 4
The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files
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