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Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau: Economic and General Division, later...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 60
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DEFE 60
This series consists of numerous examples of the wide range of Intelligence Digests, Reports, Notes, Briefing Memoranda and Surveys produced by DJSEI and its predecessors across the whole field of their responsibilities.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DEFE 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau: Economic and General Division, later Division of Joint Services and Economic Intelligence: Intelligence Assessments, Reports, Memoranda and Surveys
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of numerous examples of the wide range of Intelligence Digests, Reports, Notes, Briefing Memoranda and Surveys produced by DJSEI and its predecessors across the whole field of their responsibilities.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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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)
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- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Economic Intelligence, 1964-1981
- Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1945-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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242 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2003 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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 Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB), as originally constituted, consisted only of what was to become its Economic and General Division after the incorporation of the Directorate of Scientific Intelligence into JIB in 1954, and then later (circa 1960-61) became the Division of Joint Services and Economic Intelligence (DJSEI).
DJSEI comprised 3 Branches : R (Requirements) Branch - providing common services to all 3 Divisions of JIB, J (Joint Services) Branch and E (Economics) Branch. It was principally concerned with the study of all those aspects of the economic and industrial infrastructure of foreign countries which were relevant to their strengths and weaknesses and their vulnerabilities in peace and was together with details of terrain and climate and their effect on military operations, the capacities and capabilities of transportation systems, airfields and air defences, telecommunications systems, health and targeting.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15831/
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Within the department: DEFE
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Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau: Economic and General Division, later Division of Joint Services and Economic Intelligence: Intelligence Assessments, Reports, Memoranda and Surveys
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