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Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff: Intelligence...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 65
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DEFE 65
The series consists of a collection of reports and papers produced by some of the many intelligence conferences or working parties in which the Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff participated, often in collaboration with the...
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- DEFE 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff: Intelligence Conferences, Committees and Working Parties: Reports and Papers.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959 - 1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of a collection of reports and papers produced by some of the many intelligence conferences or working parties in which the Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff participated, often in collaboration with the United Kingdom's intelligence allies and partners, and by a wide range of intelligence committees, sub-committees or other working groups established over the years as necessary to address numerous inter-departmental, cross-directorate or multi-disciplinary intelligence problems and issues.
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Papers and reports of the pre-1964 single-service intelligence directorates can be found in: ADM 223 AIR 40 WO 106 WO 208
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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)
- EWP, DI
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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, 1947-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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)
- The series consists of a collection of reports and papers produced by some ofthe many intelligence conferences or working parties in which the JointIntelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff participated, often incollaboration with the United Kingdom's intelligence allies and partners, andby a wide range of intelligence committees, sub-committees or other workinggroups established over the years as necessary to address numerousinter-departmental, cross-directorate or multi-disciplinary intelligenceproblems and issues.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15836/
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