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Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff: Miscellaneous...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 66
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DEFE 66
A variety of individual documents from the time of the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) and early days of the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS). Included are copies of letters and papers concerning the early organisation; terms of reference and...
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- DEFE 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Joint Intelligence Bureau and Defence Intelligence Staff: Miscellaneous Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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A variety of individual documents from the time of the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) and early days of the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS).
Included are copies of letters and papers concerning the early organisation; terms of reference and work programmes of the JIB; staff and telephone lists; travel briefs prepared by the Requirements Branch of the JIB and related maps and plans produced by JIB's Joint Services Branch; various papers produced by overseas sections or representatives of the JIB including JIB (Germany), JIB (Cyprus) and JIB (Singapore).
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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)
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- Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence Staff, 1964-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1945-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15837/
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