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Ministry of Defence - Directorate of Scientific Intelligence: Joint Intelligence...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 44
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DEFE 44
Reports, notes and memoranda, together with a range of other intelligence products generated by: the Ministry of Defence Directorate of Scientific Intelligence (DSI) (later the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) Division of Scientific Intelligence);...
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DEFE 44
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- Ministry of Defence - Directorate of Scientific Intelligence: Joint Intelligence Bureau; Division of Scientific Intelligence and Division of Atomic Energy Intelligence; Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence: Reports, Notes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, notes and memoranda, together with a range of other intelligence products generated by: the Ministry of Defence Directorate of Scientific Intelligence (DSI) (later the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) Division of Scientific Intelligence); the JIB Division of Atomic Energy Intelligence (DAEI); and, after 1964, the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence (DSTI). These branches were responsible for the collation, analysis, assessment and dissemination of scientific and technical intelligence about foreign countries.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the papers of RV Jones, Director of Scientific Intelligence 1952-1953, see DEFE 40
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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)
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English
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- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence, 1964-1991
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Scientific Intelligence, 1950-1964
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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547 volume(s)
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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 1996 Ministry of Defence
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The work of the Directorate of Scientific Intelligence (DSI) was concentrated on studies of the USSR covering electronics and electronic engineering, chemistry and metallurgy, physics and engineering, and guided weapons and space science, primarily from a defence angle but also covering basic research in all fields. The primary military interest of the Division of Atomic Energy Intelligence (DAEI) was the study of intelligence on nuclear weapons, in which the main target was the USSR but other potentially nuclear weapons countries were also covered; it was also responsible for studying the peaceful uses of atomic energy on a global basis.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5802/
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Ministry of Defence - Directorate of Scientific Intelligence: Joint Intelligence Bureau; Division of Scientific Intelligence and Division of Atomic Energy Intelligence; Defence Intelligence Staff: Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence: Reports, Notes and Memoranda
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