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| − | + | '''British Security Coordination''' was authorized by [[Winston Churchill]] in 1940 as a highly secret organization in New York to supervise the activities of the British intelligence service -- [[MI5]], [[Special Operations Executive]], the Secret Intelligence Service ([[MI6]]), & the [[Political Warfare Executive]]—in the Western hemisphere. Headed by the Canadian industrialist Sir [[William Stephenson]], its first tasks were to promote British interests in the [[United States]], counter Nazi propaganda, and protect Arctic convoys from enemy sabotage. Despite clashing with the U.S. [[FBI]], the BSC soon went on to develop a vast intelligence network. | |
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Latest revision as of 03:42, July 13, 2016
British Security Coordination was authorized by Winston Churchill in 1940 as a highly secret organization in New York to supervise the activities of the British intelligence service -- MI5, Special Operations Executive, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), & the Political Warfare Executive—in the Western hemisphere. Headed by the Canadian industrialist Sir William Stephenson, its first tasks were to promote British interests in the United States, counter Nazi propaganda, and protect Arctic convoys from enemy sabotage. Despite clashing with the U.S. FBI, the BSC soon went on to develop a vast intelligence network.