MI5 B Branch
B Branch is the division of MI5 responsible for personnel, security and training.[1]
History
In 1929, an early incarnation of B Branch was responsible for 'investigations and inquiries'.[2]
Following a 1938 re-organisation, B Branch acquired responsibility for counter-espionage and counter-subversion.[3]
In Dick White's 1953 re-organisation of the service, B Branch became responsible for personnel and establishments.[4]
Organisation
Directors
- John Marriott - c.1955.[5]
- Denis Payne - C.1973[6]
- Robert Holden - C.1981-83.[7]
B1
Recruitment and security of MI5, including vetting of staff, according to Stephen Dorril.[8] Protective security for MI5 including building security and staff vetting, according to Nick Fielding and Mark Hollingsworth.[9]
- Anthony Simkins - section head c.mid 1950s.[10]
- Keith Thomas - Section head c.1981-83.[11]
B2
Personnel management and welfare.[12]
- Martin McOnachie - Section head, c.1981-83.[13]
- Stephen Lander - Deputy section head, c.1985.[14]
B3
Management services, personal and physical security of MI5 officers and building, according to Stephen Dorril.[15]
- Michael Knight - section head, c.1981-83.[16]
B4
Responsible for Finance.[17]
- Stan Brashier - Section head, c.1981-83.[18]
B7
Training and recruitment, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.[19]
Position not known
- Bill Foulkes c.1953[20]
Notes
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.865.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.127.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.134.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.327.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.333.
- ↑ Paul Lashmar and James Oliver, Britain's Secret Propaganda War 1948-1977, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p.157.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.561.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.