The Waldegrave Initiative and secret service archives: New materials and new policies
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In Never-Never Land? the British archives on Intelligence
A leading historian of the British intelligence community has described the British public archives as ‘laundered’. Christopher Andrew was, of course, referring to the closure, sometimes deceptively, of the official records of the security services. ‘Laundered’ can cover a wide variety of sins and might even give a misleading impression. An understanding of the disposition of the historical records of British intelligence, of the prospects for access to such an archive, and the implications for research in this field, depend on more than knowledge of Whitehall practice or the state of legislation regarding public records. Such understanding depends, in the first instance, on what we mean by ‘intelligence archives’.
Intelligence and international relations 1900-1945
Foreword Abbreviations Introduction: Intelligence and International Relations, 1900-1945 Christopher Andrew Secret Intelligence and British Foreign Policy 1900-1939 Christopher Andrew 1914: The Safety of Ciphers and the Outbreak of the First World War Jean Stengers The Surveillance of Indian 'Seditionists' in North America, 1905-1915 Richard Popplewell Intelligence and its Interpretation: Mesopotamia 1914-1916 Peter Morris Lord Curzon and Secret Intelligence Keith Jeffery and Alan Sharp Japanese Intelligence 1894-1922 Ian Nish Japanese Intelligence 1919-1945: A Suitable Case for Treatment J. W. M. Chapman French Military Intelligence and the Coming of War 1935-1939 Anthony Adamthwaite British Intelligence in the Second World War F. H. Hinsley The Evolution of the JIC System Up to and During World War II Edward Thomas Army Ultra in the Mediterranean Theatre: Darkness and Light Ralph Bennett British Naval Intelligence in Two World Wars Patrick Beesly The Operational Use of 'ULTRA' in the Battle of the Atlantic Jurgen Rohwer The Tottering Giant: German Perceptions of Soviet Military and Economic Strength in Preparation for 'Operation Blau' (1942) Bernd Wegner Notes on Contributors