Directorate of Military Intelligence
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Directorate of Military Intelligence was a department within the British Ministry of Defence (or MoD for short) and before 1963 the War Office [1]. It was replaced by the Defence Intelligence Staff.
There have been 13 sections under the DMI, only MI5 and MI6 remains active.
A list of sections and their roles:
- MI1 - Code Breaking during World War I and later merged with MI5
- MI2 - Russian and Scandinavian intelligence for the War Office and later merged with MI5
- MI3 - Eastern European intelligence for the War Office and later merged with MI5
- MI4 - British intelligence map support unit in World War II and later merged with MI5
- MI5 - Security Service -renamed from MO5g
- MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service
- MI7 - monitor propaganda and censorship for the War Office
- MI8 - British signals intelligence group (or Radio Security Service) in World War II
- MI9 - aiding resistance fighters in Nazi-controlled Europe and recovering Allied troops (1940-1945)
- MI10 - weapons and technical analysis during World War II
- MI11 - Field Security Police
- MI12 - military censorship
- MI14 - intelligence agency for the War Office and once part of MI3 and replaced by MI6
- MI15 - Aerial photography, later aerial defence
- MI16 - Scientific intelligence
- MI17 - secretariat for MI departments
- MI19 - information from enemy prisoners of war during World War II extracted under torture
MI13 and MI18 are reportedly sections that went unused. [1]
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United Kingdom Intelligence Agencies edit | |
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| Current - Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) | Security Service (MI5) | Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) | Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) | Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) | Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) | ||
| Defunct Agencies - MI1 | MI2 | MI3 | MI4 | MI7 | MI8 | MI9 | MI10 | MI11 | MI12 | MI14 | MI15 | MI16 | MI17 | MI19 | ||
