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War Cabinet: Joint Intelligence Committee, Inter-Services Security Board: Minutes
Catalogue reference: WO 283
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WO 283
The series consists of agenda and minutes dating from February 1940 to June 1945.
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WO 283
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet: Joint Intelligence Committee, Inter-Services Security Board: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of agenda and minutes dating from February 1940 to June 1945.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Cabinet, Joint Intelligence Committee, Inter-Services Security Board, 1940-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 volume(s)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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- Topics
- Intelligence
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Inter-Services Security Board was initially set up in February 1940 in connection with projected operations in Finland and was established in March 1940 as a permanent body for the duration of the War. It was responsible under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee for the co-ordination of all security measures in connection with the British war effort. Later it also became responsible for the co-ordination and control of code names. The organisation of deception schemes was part of the board's brief until 1941 when the task was largely transferred to a special section within the War Cabinet.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14488/
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