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West African Intelligence Centre and general security. Concern about German Intelligence...
Catalogue reference: KV 4/310
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This record is about the West African Intelligence Centre and general security. Concern about German Intelligence... dating from 1942 Jan 01 - 1942 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 4/310
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942 Jan 01 - 1942 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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West African Intelligence Centre and general security. Concern about German Intelligence activity in West Africa led to the strengthening of security measures there, including the appointment of a Defence Security Officer. Supplementary A is a report on a visit by R D Gibbs of B1B section of MI5 to look into current local counter espionage measures
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- POL F 1000-1-0310-3 VOL 3
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2005
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Intelligence
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249145/
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KV 4
The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files
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