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Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Committee (B)...

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Reference CAB 188
Title Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Committee (B) and Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee: Minutes, Memoranda and Other Documents
Date 1968-1981
Description

This series comprises the minutes, memoranda, Secretariat minutes and notes of the Joint Intelligence Committee (B) during the period 1 April 1968 to 30 September 1974 and thereafter of the Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee.

Related material

For Economic Intelligence Steering Committee records see:

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department JIC(B), JIC(B)(SEC), JIC(B)(N), OEIC, OEIC(SEC), OEIC(N)
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Creator

Cabinet Office, Joint Intelligence Committee Secretariat, 1957

Physical description 60 files and volumes
Access conditions Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2002 Cabinet Office

Accruals Series is accruing.
Selection and destruction information This series comprises records of the acquisition and dissemination of economic intelligence having a major influence on the development and conduct of the UK's foreign and trade policies. All surviving records will be preserved in accordance with the PRO Acquisition Policy paragraphs 2.2.1.2 and 2.2.1.3.
Administrative/ biographical background

On 1 April 1968 the Joint Intelligence Committee was redesignated as JIC (A), and the former Economic Intelligence Steering Committee of the Cabinet was redesignated JIC (B).

JIC (B) assumed responsibility for assembling, evaluating and presenting economic and non-military scientific and technical intelligence, in succession to the Economic Intelligence Steering Committee. It was chaired by the Treasury and the Cabinet Office provided the secretariat. The membership comprised: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Development Administration, Ministry of Defence Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of Trade and Industry, Export Credits Guarantee Department, Bank of England, 'C', GCHQ, the Intelligence Co-ordinator, and the Chairman JIC (A).

The JIC(B) was dissolved effective 30 September 1974 and its responsibilities passed to the new Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee (OEIC).