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Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Committee (B)...
Catalogue reference: CAB 188
What's it about?
CAB 188
This series comprises the minutes, memoranda, Secretariat minutes and notes of the Joint Intelligence Committee (B) during the period 1 April 1968 to 30 September 1974 and thereafter of the Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee.
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 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Committee (B) and Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee: Minutes, Memoranda and Other Documents
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises the minutes, memoranda, Secretariat minutes and notes of the Joint Intelligence Committee (B) during the period 1 April 1968 to 30 September 1974 and thereafter of the Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Economic Intelligence Steering Committee records see:
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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(B), JIC(B)(SEC), JIC(B)(N), OEIC, OEIC(SEC), OEIC(N)
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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)
- Cabinet Office, Joint Intelligence Committee Secretariat, 1957-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 60 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 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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- Topics
- Intelligence
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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)
- This series comprises records of the acquisition and dissemination of economic intelligence having a major influence on the development and conduct of the UK's foreign and trade policies. All surviving records will be preserved in accordance with the PRO Acquisition Policy paragraphs 2.2.1.2 and 2.2.1.3.
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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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On 1 April 1968 the Joint Intelligence Committee was redesignated as JIC (A), and the former Economic Intelligence Steering Committee of the Cabinet was redesignated JIC (B).
JIC (B) assumed responsibility for assembling, evaluating and presenting economic and non-military scientific and technical intelligence, in succession to the Economic Intelligence Steering Committee. It was chaired by the Treasury and the Cabinet Office provided the secretariat. The membership comprised: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Development Administration, Ministry of Defence Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of Trade and Industry, Export Credits Guarantee Department, Bank of England, 'C', GCHQ, the Intelligence Co-ordinator, and the Chairman JIC (A).
The JIC(B) was dissolved effective 30 September 1974 and its responsibilities passed to the new Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee (OEIC).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15790/
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