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Ministry of Defence - Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Economic Intelligence:...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 64
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DEFE 64
This series contains assessments, reports and studies produced by the Directorate of Economic Intelligence, later the Directorate of Economic and Logistic Intelligence.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence - Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Economic Intelligence: Intelligence Assessments, Reports and Studies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains assessments, reports and studies produced by the Directorate of Economic Intelligence, later the Directorate of Economic and Logistic Intelligence.
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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)
- 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)
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Economic Intelligence, 1964-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 196 file(s)
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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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Ministry of Defence , from 2003
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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)
- 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 Directorate of Economic Intelligence (DEI) was formed in April 1964 from the former E (Economic) Branch of the JIB's DJSEI. In January 1982 the Logistics (L) Branch of the DS Int was transferred to it and it was re-titled the Directorate of Economic and Logistic Intelligence (DELI).
The DEI was concerned principally with the economics of Communist countries, especially the USSR and China, with particular reference to the availability and allocation of resources of defence interest; the external economic relations of the Communist countries; international trade in arms; armament production and supporting industry of the Communist countries; and the defence economies, including arms production, of selected non-Communist countries.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15835/
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Ministry of Defence - Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Economic Intelligence: Intelligence Assessments, Reports and Studies
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