MI5 D Branch 1953-68

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For the Modern D Branch see MI5 D Branch

In Dick White's 1953 re-organisation of the Security Service, D Branch became the division responsible for counter-espionage.[1]

In 1968, Michael Hanley was appointed head of D Branch, and carried out a re-organisation which led to its replacement with MI5 K Branch.[2]

Organisation

Directors

Officers

Notes

  1. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.327.
  2. Peter Wright, Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of Senior Intelligence Officer, Viking, 1987, pp.332-334.
  3. Richard Norton-Taylor, OBITUARY: SPYCATCHER GENERAL; Sir Martin Furnival Jones, The Guardian, 6 March 1997.
  4. Richard Norton-Taylor, OBITUARY: SPYCATCHER GENERAL; Sir Martin Furnival Jones, The Guardian, 6 March 1997.
  5. Peter Wright, Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of Senior Intelligence Officer, Viking, 1987, pp.332-334.
  6. GREAT BRITAIN: MI5 Indirectly Supports Overview, Intelligence Newsletter, 15 April 1993.