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Ministry of Defence - Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Service Intelligence,...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 63
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DEFE 63
This series contains intelligence assessments, reports and studies produced by the Directorate of Service Intelligence.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 63
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence - Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Service Intelligence, later Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Warsaw Pact) and Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Rest of the World): Intelligence Assessments, Reports and Studies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains intelligence assessments, reports and studies produced by the Directorate of Service Intelligence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Papers and reports of the pre-1964 single-service intelligence directorates can be found in: AIR 40 WO 208 ADM 223 WO 32
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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)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 98 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 2003 Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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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From its formation in April 1964 until the fundamental re-organisation of April 1988, the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) consisted essentially of four Directorates. These were three 'production' Directorates: the Directorate of Service Intelligence (DS Int); the Directorate of Economic Intelligence (DEI); and the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence (DSTI); and a fourth 'support' Directorate: the Directorate of Management and Support of Intelligence (DMSI).
The Directorate of Service Intelligence (DS Int) was concerned with the collation, analysis, assessment and dissemination of intelligence on the strategic policies, deployments, combat effectiveness, tactical doctrine, order of battle, military leadership, personalities, and armed forces morale of nations of interest to the UK, most attention being paid to those seen as posing a threat to national security or interests.
In 1988, DS Int and the Directorate of Economic and Logistic Intelligence (DELI) were merged to form two Deputy Directorates: DGI Warsaw Pact (DGI WP) and DGI Rest of the World (DGI RoW). DELI had been formed in January 1982 when the Logistics (L) Branch of DS Int was transferred to the Directorate of Economic Intelligence (DEI) and it was re-titled the Directorate of Economic and Logistic Intelligence (DELI).
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