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Series
Overseas Joint Intelligence Groups: Fragmentary Records
Catalogue reference: CAB 191
What's it about?
CAB 191
Many overseas service command- or theatre-based joint intelligence groups on the pattern of the UK JIC were established during the second world war, and during the years following it while the UK continued to act as a global colonial and military...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 191
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Joint Intelligence Groups: Fragmentary Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Many overseas service command- or theatre-based joint intelligence groups on the pattern of the UK JIC were established during the second world war, and during the years following it while the UK continued to act as a global colonial and military power. Some of these groups were led by or included representation from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
This series comprises surviving fragments of the material copied by some of these overseas groups to the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Secretariat.
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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)
- Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure 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 Cabinet Office
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1947-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Most of the material received within the Cabinet Office would routinely have been copied on or re-issued to other intelligence clients, and retained by Cabinet Office only until superseded by more up-to-date material. Why these fragments were kept by Cabinet Office is no longer known, but they have been selected for preservation because they give an insight in to the handling of joint intelligence issues by UK government representatives overseas, and/or they may fill some gaps in the records of the services overseas commands. Acquisition Policy paragraph 2.2.1.3 applies.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15892/
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Overseas Joint Intelligence Groups: Fragmentary Records
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