MI5 FX Branch
FX Branch was the name of the counter-terrorist branch of MI5 from the mid-1970s until the late 1980s.
History
In 1976, Director General Michael Hanley established a separate FX branch to deal with Irish terrorism. Its director continued to report to the director of F Branch.[1]
In 1988, the FX Branch was renamed G Branch.[2] The rest of F Branch was incorporated into MI5 C Branch at around the same time.[3]
Structure
Directors
- Tony Crassweller - 1981-84.[4][5]-
- Patrick Walker - 1984[6]-
- Stella Rimington - 1988[6]-
Sections
In the early 1980s, according to Stephen Dorril, FX controlled F4 and F6. Focussed on long-term infiltration of agents and informers.[7]
F8
According to the Pat Finucane Review by Sir Desmond de Silva QC, "In April 1984, the IJS was wound up. The Security Service became solely responsible for its Belfast station and created a new section, F8, in London which assumed management responsibility. The F8 Section was a part of the FX Branch of the Service in London, which became responsible for dealing with counter-terrorism. In 1988, FX Branch became G Branch and F8 was renamed as G8." [8]
Notes
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.647.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.745.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.862.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.486.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.683 .
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.486.
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 3: Intelligence structures, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
