Tom Griffin on intelligence history

Tom Griffin on intelligence history

MI5 Structure 1929

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Tom Griffin
Jan 29, 2023
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The following document is transcribed from Defence Security Intelligence Memorandum, 31 May 1929, in National Archives file KV4/127. It sets out the structure of MI5 at that time, a period when many aspects of the organisation, including its name were still relatively fluid. I will add hyperlinks to profiles of the various officers and branches as I complete them.

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