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Catalogue reference: CAB 176
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CAB 176
This series contains secretariat minutes of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Secretariat minutes were used to pass information to members of the Committee. Some covered fairly mundane topics such as the dates and times of meetings or changes...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 176
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet, Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, later Committee: Secretariat: Minutes (JIC(SEC))
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains secretariat minutes of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee.
Secretariat minutes were used to pass information to members of the Committee. Some covered fairly mundane topics such as the dates and times of meetings or changes of contact details. Others covered substantive documents such as intelligence assessments that were to be noted or that were to be discussed at future meetings. Until the late 1950s (when discrete symbols and registry arrangements were introduced), Secretariat minutes were used to disseminate the reports of JIC sub-committees and working parties.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
The 'JIC(SEC)' symbol (eg JIC(67)(SEC)123) was introduced in January 1967. The previous referencing system employed the sequential number of the minute followed by the year as in JIC/123/63 or JIC 456/66.
Although the Joint Intelligence Committee became the Joint Intelligence Committee (A) effective 1 April 1968, the symbol 'JIC(SEC)' continued in use on the Secretariat minutes until the end of 1968.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Joint Intelligence Committee Secretariat files are in CAB 163
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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)
- JIC (SEC)
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Cabinet, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, 1939-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 63 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Cabinet Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1942-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- For the period October 1942 to December 1963 selected Secretariat minutes have been preserved; the selection represents a small proportion of the total. Those 1958 Secretariat minutes selected for preservation are wanting (CAB 176/64-67). From January 1964 virtually all Secretariat minutes have been preserved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14948/
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War Cabinet, Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, later Committee: Secretariat: Minutes (JIC(SEC))
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